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Very Strange Are The Ways Of Karma
Bangalore, India How many of you have had this experience that without doing any harm to anybody, or anything wrong still people became your enemies. (Many raise their hands) So many! And now tell me, you have not done any big favors and still some people ... -
Three Kinds Of Devotees
Bangalore, India There are three kinds of devotees. The first kind is a devotee who keeps asking, ‘God give me this’, ‘God give me that.’ The second kind is a devotee who is always grateful, ‘Thank you God, you gave me this and you gave me that’, one who i ... -
Consider Your Life Itself As Your Sadhana
Bangalore, India Gurudev, in the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, ‘My birth (janam) and actions (karm) are both Divine.’ Please elaborate on this. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, when you acquire self-knowledge, then you feel that your birth and your actions a ... -
A Goal Is Needed In Life
Bangalore, India How was God born? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If he was born, he is no God. God is one who was never born and never dies. My son has undergone many courses, but he is not ready to change. He does not do the Kriya even after repeatedly telling hi ... -
Wherever There Is Faith Miracles Do Happen
Kiev, Ukraine We have to spread the joy, the bliss that we have found. More and more people will have to know that there is so much to life. What we know about life is only a little bit. What one has to fathom is a lot. This knowledge is so precious, isn’t ... -
Faith Is The Petrol In The Vehicle Of Life
Bangalore, India Dear Guruji, I have become free from materialistic things, desires and feverishness to a great extent, but when it comes to you, my thirst keeps increasing. What is the solution for this? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is okay. When one withdraw ... -
Enlightenment Is Present In You As A Seed
Bangalore, India What we need to understand is that we should know that we already have what we want in life. You start with this intention, ‘I already have what I want’, then what you want will fructify easily. Thinking, ‘I have it’, is like sowing a seed ... -
Longing Is The Sign Of The Ripening Of Consciousness
Bangalore, India Dear Guruji, in the Yogasara Upanishad you have said that the Divine is impersonal. Guru is both, personal and Divine. Can you tell us more about this? How is God impersonal? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, it is both. Like you are form yet you ... -
Ojas – Fluid Of Life
Norway Love is offered to you as a child but when you grow up, somewhere you lose it, and then you try to catch it. You have to climb up to get it. Climb up from the smaller things. That is where real love is. So, when you climb up, get over all the cravin ... -
Knowledge Turns Every Nightmare Into A Sweet Dream
Sofia, Bulgaria Do we create our reality or is everything predetermined? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Do you have a dog at home? (Answer: Yes) See, when you go to the park, you go with a leash on the dog. That is legal. Now, the dog has freedom only for the lengt ...
Founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Art of Living is an educational and humanitarian movement engaged in stress-management and service initiatives.
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