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  1. Life And Its Challenges

    Bangalore, India How do we balance our material and spiritual lives? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Do you know how to ride a bicycle? How do you balance it? Balance your life in the same way. Take both of them together in life. When the focus is too much on spirit ...
  2. Colors Of Devotion

    Bangalore, India Honesty is a quality in a person’s nature. If a person is honest, they are honest at home, and honest at work as well. Whether as a husband or a wife, they are honest towards their spouse. Wherever they go, honesty just shines through thei ...
  3. Significance Of Pilgrimage

    Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, how and when did the twelve Jyotirlingas (literally meaning ‘pillar of light’, a sacred divine shrine of Lord Shiva) come into existence? Please shed some light on this. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: See, every Jyotirlingam has a dif ...
  4. The Best Antidote For Ego

    Bangalore, India Is there a relationship between ego and possessiveness, and how do we get out of both? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes. Ego, possessiveness, jealousy, anger, greed are all linked. They are linked to the ego. Now, how to get rid of the ego? This ...
  5. Do I Have To Believe In God?

    Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, what has God got to do with spirituality? Can I not believe and still be spiritual? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes! Do you know, in the six Darshanas (schools of India Philosophy), the first three Darshanas do not even talk about ...
  6. Intense Inner Transformation

    Aachen, Germany So today the topic is IT - New Dimensions. Do you know, for me, IT means Inner Transformation. And if you say IIT, it would mean Intense Inner Transformation. We forget about our body, our mind, our breath, which is a whole technology in it ...
  7. Stop And See, Where Is Life Going?

    Lima, South America So what should we discuss tonight? I am playing the role of the speaker and you are all listeners. How nice it would be for me to know what is it that you want to know tonight. You can think of topics. You know, to discuss something whi ...
  8. Making Correct Decisions

    How many of you feel that without you doing any bad, you have gained enemies?People become your enemies. You have not done any harm to them, any wrong to them and still they become enemies.Similarly, you have not done any big favors to some people but the ...
  9. The Most Precious Thing In The World

    Brazil, South America Now I am going to ask you a very serious question: Do you really greet a person or treat it as a formality? See, on a day to day basis, we greet people, we exchange pleasantries. It is all on a very formal level. Isn’t it so? Intellig ...
  10. Take A Look At Your Life

    Durban, South Africa Wisdom can only blossom in a homely atmosphere, where we are informal and at home with each other. Do you all feel at home with each other right now?Why not we all just take a moment to greet the person next to us, behind us and in fro ...