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Stop Complaining And Start Living!
(Below is a continuation of the post Your Talents Are For Others!) When we are children, we complain to our parents. When we go to school, we complain about our teachers and our friends. When we start working, we complain about our boss or our colleagues ... -
You Can Bring Change To Your Life
(Below is a continuation of the post Stop Complaining And Start Living!) Gurudev, is it destiny or our actions that decides our future?I have heard many times that whatever is going to happen is already pre-decided. Is it true? If that is so, then we shou ... -
Your Talents Are For Others!
(Below is a continuation of the post Devotion Is The Head Of Meditation) Please explain the significance of Go-daan (the custom of donating a cow as charity in India) and whether one should do it while being alive, or by someone else after his death. What ... -
The Truth About Honesty
Gurudev, somebody speaks very well, and give speeches very confidently, but when it comes to work, nothing gets done. So how should a politician be, a good orator or a good worker? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Both are needed.When I finished college, a gentleman ... -
The Crises Will Be Over
(Over 1 million people have been affected by the worst flood in the history of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania between May 14-17, 2014. More than 100,000 houses and other buildings in Bosnia are no longer fit to use. Over a mi ... -
A Play Of The Divine
(Below is a continuation of the post Real Faith Leads To Everlasting Happiness) Gurudev, are love and devotion the same? What should I do if the person whom I love betrays my trust? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Even then be grateful to God.What good is the faith ... -
A Time To Reflect
(Below is a continuation of the post The 3 Types Of Dhritis) Once when I was on tour in California, I saw that there was an advertisement for the cemetery there on the road. Do you know what the advertisement said? It said, 'Beautiful and scenic burial gr ... -
Overcoming Those Doubts
(Below is a continuation of the post A Time To Reflect) Now having understood this, you might want to ask, 'How can we increase our Sattva (positivity)? How can we overcome and go beyond these tendencies?'It is through meditation. Do more Seva, Sadhana an ... -
The 3 Types Of Dhritis
Q: Dear Gurudev, what are the three kinds of Dhritis (strengths, or types of stability of the mind) that Lord Krishna has mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita? Can you please speak about that? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: There are three kinds: Jnana (knowledg ... -
A Higher State Of Happiness
(Below is a continuation of the post People And Their Opinions) In the Bhagavad Gita, it is written that rajoguni people pursue happiness by means of hard work, but the real happiness lies in meditation. Does this mean that I should stop studying, and med ...