Archive

Search results

  1. How To Attract Grace Into My Life?

    Whenever there is victory, it is due to some grace. Whether it is a victory in sports, in a lottery, in studies, in a competition, or in politics – all of it happens through grace alone. When a person forgets that and gets into ego, then it results in the ...
  2. Karma and Reincarnation

    The Meaning of Karma The most commonly used word that is misunderstood is "Karma." An action could be latent, could be in the form of a tendency, and it could be something that happens in the future. These are the three forms of Karma. So Karma means: The ...
  3. The 3 Types of Karma

    The 3 Types of Karma No event or action can happen without a cause. There needs to be a cause for every result. So every effect has a cause and this cause is Karma. Many people think Karma is fate. Karma is not just fate. The literal meaning of Karma is “ ...
  4. What is Karma?

    What is Karma? There are billions and billions of living creatures and so many kinds of feelings arise within each of them. All of these feelings propel or cause some action. That feeling is called Karma, and the (resultant) action is also called Karma. C ...
  5. I feel like I have failed in everything. How do I deal with so much failure?

    Never think that you fail in everything. You failed basically because your thought process failed. Thought process fails because of over ambition. When you are too feverish or too ambitious then right thoughts don’t cross your mind. Negativity also does no ...
  6. I try to forget the mistakes I made in the past and move ahead. But the people around me keep reminding me of those past mistakes. What should I do?

    Smile and move forward. If they are not able to forget the mistakes of the past, then that is their problem. You should forget the mistakes of the past, just drop it and move ahead. You are not the same person as you were in the past when you committed tho ...
  7. After death what happens to the soul?

    Well, it gets ready to come back. It goes and stands in the line for another body. Millions are waiting to come back to the planet. That is why I tell people who have suicidal tendencies and want to kill themselves, not to do it. You have waited a long tim ...
  8. Please talk on the origin of life.

    When we think linearly, we think something should start somewhere and end somewhere. But we should think spherically. Can you tell me where is the beginning point of a tennis ball? No! So when you can’t find the beginning point of a tennis ball, why do y ...
  9. What is the ultimate and greatest truth of life? Is it to be happy, or to make one’s family happy, or to serve humankind, or to reach the Divine?

    The ultimate journey starts with one step. Just do not sit and dream about the ultimate. Instead, begin your journey towards the ultimate. Take small steps towards the Truth; towards this inquiry into life – “What is the goal of life?” This very inquiry c ...
  10. Can you please enlighten us with the concept of karma? Where can we read more about this in depth?

    The real meaning of is Karma is Action. Action can be classified into three: The past, present and future. The past actions are impressions, the future actions are also impressions and present actions is Karma that is giving you result now. So, Karma mean ...
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. Read More