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  1. Everyone Is Nothing But A Reflection Of You

    Bad Antogast, Germany Gurudev, how can I free myself from thoughts, emotions and feelings and how can I get detached from all relationships? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Why do you want to detach yourself from relationship? Because it gives you pain, isn’t it. Wh ...
  2. Sri Sri's Message On Guru Purnima 2012

    Ishwaro Gururatmeti Murti bheda Vibhagine, Vyomavad vyapta dehaya Dakshinamurataye namah.(There is no difference between the Guru, Self and God. Obeisance to Lord Dakshinamurthy who is the personification of the Supreme Self that permeates through Space) ...
  3. Truth Is Contradictory

    Boone, North Carolina Dear Guruji, do you really like being a Guru? And do you read all our botherations or do you have helpers? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: There are helpers (smiles mischievously). Do you feel free of your botherations? How many of you feel fre ...
  4. The Right Thing Will Come At The Right Time

    Boone, North Carolina What to do with unfulfilled desires? The lifelong desire of prosperity in relationships goes unfulfilled. As time passes I feel frustrated, regretful, and my energy sapped. How do I manifest these desires and let them go? Sri Sri Ravi ...
  5. Silence

    Boone, North Carolina Keeping silence is very useful. At least twice a year we must do this. Once a year is a must and twice a year is very good. Silence purifies our speech. Often when we speak what happens, have you observed? You must observe. When you s ...
  6. Life Is Worth Nothing If There Is No Love

    Haarlem, Holland Now tell me, how do you want to spend this evening? What do you want to discuss this evening? (Audience: Talk about healing; Let us do meditation; Tell us about Ayurveda; Speak on crisis.) See how the word crisis is bringing laughter and s ...
  7. No Explanations And No Complaints

    Holland, Netherlands We need to create waves of happiness in Holland. Don’t you think so? Do you know, if we think only about ourselves then our life shrinks. But when we think for the whole society, for everybody then there is more joy. Yes, there are cha ...
  8. Happiness has nothing to do with the prosperity

    Breukelen, Netherlands (At an impressive ceremony at the prestigious Nyenrode University, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was conferred with an honorary doctorate today.Addressing the gathering , the Rector of Nyenrode, Dr. Maurits van Rooijen FRSA, said that ...
  9. Great Strength Comes To You When You Sacrifice

    Bangalore, India What do we get upset with? We don’t get upset with the birds, or the clouds, or with Nature. We don’t get upset with the environment. So, what do we get upset with? We get upset with the people around us. Our enemies upset us and our frien ...
  10. Meditation Makes You Lucky

    Our country is a land of Rishi (Saints) and Krishi (Agriculture). Irrespective of the pooja (worship), we first perform ‘Beeja Vaapana’ (sowing seeds in small clay pots) and ‘Ankurarpana’ (spraying water and milk over the seedlings). Life and pooja are no ...
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