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  1. The First Thing You Have To Do Is- Relax!

    Bad Antogast, Germany Today we are joined by all our meditators, Art of Living teachers and practitioners from Ukraine. We know Ukraine is going through a big crisis right now. There is a lot of tension, uncertainty and fear among the people, so let us all ...
  2. 'Nothing' Is Really What Everything Is!

    Bad Antogast, Germany We welcome members from the Sri Lankan temple, who have come from Switzerland. They sang a very nice ancient Tamil song, which has a beautiful meaning. Tamil is a very old language, maybe 10,000-15,000 years old. Tamil and Sanskrit, b ...
  3. Our Foremost Duty

    Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Today let us do a small exercise. Look at the person sitting next to you and tell them, 'I do not trust you at all'.(Everyone in the audience does the exercise) What did you all feel? Did you see that it is so difficult to even say t ...
  4. Move Mountains With Faith

    Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh What a single glance can convey, a thousand conversations cannot. And what a moment of deep silence can convey, even a thousand glances cannot.Meditation is deep rest, and only your faith (in the Divine) can bring that deep rest. An ...
  5. The Road To Freedom Is Through Wisdom

    Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Below is a continuation of the post Move Mountains With Faith) In India, there is a ritual called the Tarpana which is done in the memory of the deceased. It is an offering of sesame seeds with water done in the name of the decease ...
  6. Let Us Do Away With Corruption

    Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Below is a continuation of the post The Road To Freedom Is Through Wisdom) The root cause behind all these problems is corruption, and we need to eliminate it. To eliminate corruption, we need to start with ourselves first. Let us ...
  7. A Strong Self-reliant India

    Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh (Below is a continuation of the post Our Rich Heritage of India) Loving your country and loving the Divine are two sides of the same coin.If someone says, 'I love God whole heartedly but I do not love this Creation, this Earth, thi ...
  8. Our Rich Heritage of India

    The city of Sangam (a name for the city of Allahabad in India, being the meeting point of the three holy rivers– Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati) is witnessing a sangam (meaning a confluence or coming together) of devotion, knowledge and karma (one’s duty or ...
  9. A Measure Of Spiritual Perfection

    Bangalore, India  Gurudev, why does it become increasingly difficult to handle the family? I can handle and influence everyone but the ones I love. What is lacking? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You have to do it indirectly. You have tell someone who is close to y ...
  10. Action In Inaction And Inaction In Action

    Bangalore, India  Gurudev, what is action in inaction and inaction in action? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is very clear. This is the whole secret. When you are acting with hundred percent attention, something in you tells, ‘I am not doing it, I am not acting. ...