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Give Miracles A Chance
There are three components in life:1. Effort. Without your self-effort, nothing happens. So you have to put your effort. Will everything happen only through your effort? No.You make an effort and sow a mango sapling today and you want the fruit of it to ... -
Sri Sri's Message on Diwali
Happy Diwali to everybody! Diwali is the festival of lights, the festival of joy, prosperity, knowledge, wisdom and everything because light indicates many things. And it is not enough if one lamp is lit, we need lots of lamps to be lit for knowledge to b ... -
Finding Strength Through Faith
How can a person build up faith? Or is it a talent with which one is born with? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You cannot build up faith, you should simply become aware of your doubts and drop them. When you drop your doubts, faith is already there.A doubt is like ... -
The Circle Of Desires
(Below is a continuation of the post Finding Strength Through Faith) How to overcome desire? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: This is another desire! What we need to know is that a desire fulfilled takes you back to the same place you were before the desire arose. J ... -
Making Love Last
Gurudev, how do I find a life partner? I feel I’ve tried everything with no luck. What do I do differently? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Well, I’m not an expert in this. You have to ask this question to somebody who has been in many relationships and finally got ... -
Faith Is Good Enough
(Below is a continuation of the post Making Love Last) Is true surrender god given? How can human beings try to achieve it? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: For god’s sake, don’t try to surrender. I think this word surrender has been misused so many times that it is ... -
Being Joyful Like A Child
There is one thing that everybody is seeking for, and that is happiness. It is not that people don’t find, they do find happiness but it doesn’t last too long. It is momentary; for couple of hours, or one or two days. But the tendency of the spirit is to ... -
A Fine Balance
(Below is a continuation of the post Moving Towards A Skilled India) 4. In most companies you have a hierarchy. The top man cannot go to the grade 4 workers and directly deal with them when there is a supervisor in-between. The supervisor will feel sideli ... -
Moving Towards A Skilled India
(Confederation of Indian Industry organized a special session on 'Human Potential and Business Ethics' with Sri Sri on 7 October 2014 at New Delhi. Below is the transcript of the Q&A session with Gurudev) Q: (A member of the audience asked a question w ... -
The Purpose Of Yoga
Let’s talk about yoga today.You know, the definition for 'asana' is 'stable and pleasant'. You should feel comfortable when doing yoga asanas. That's why it is said, 'Sthiram sukham asanam'. Yoga is that which gives you pleasure and comfort. So whenever y ...