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  1. Guru Utsav Divas

    The Teacher’s Day in India got a new name today – it will be called as Guru Utsav Divas from now on. It is also very appropriate. You know, if you consider the word Guru as a neutral gender, then the name of this day would translate as The Great Celebrati ...
  2. Happiness Is Good For Health

    (Sri Sri was the chief guest at a conference titled ‘Stress Reduction Skills: Scientific Update’ organized by Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS in collaboration with Sri Sri GMDA (Global Meditating Doctors Association). The event was attended by doctors from ...
  3. All Religions Are One

    (Below is a continuation of the post Peace Begins With Me) The Ganesh festival just concluded yesterday. People often ask, 'Why do they first worship the idol of Lord Ganesha and then immerse it in water?'You know, there was a brilliant idea the Rishis (w ...
  4. The True Sign Of Success

    (Gurudev spoke about Success and Happiness to an audience of over 2000 students and faculty of the Birla Institute of Management and Technology followed by a guided meditation.Below is the transcript of Gurudev's views on Success.) I don’t think I need to ...
  5. Practice What You Preach

    (The Outreach Program, Jamia Millia Islamia, organized a dialogue with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Gurudev spoke on World Peace & Global Harmony, which was followed by a guided meditation. Afterwards, the audience of over 400, which included faculty ...
  6. Peace Begins With Me

    (Below is a continuation of the post Practice What You Preach) There are three kinds of doubt: 1. When we doubt ourselves2. When we doubt the people around us, and3. When we doubt GodWe have never seen God, so there is always a doubt somewhere in our mind ...
  7. Honesty Is The Best Policy

    Gurudev, I have heard that we are enlightened until we realize it. What is the meaning of getting enlightened then? Is it just a realization? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, that is why it's called Pratya Bhigya which means Realizing.See the elephant that is h ...
  8. The Good In Everyone

    (Below is a continuation of the post Honesty Is The Best Policy) If everybody’s soul is Krishna then why is there so much negativity and violence in this world? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: The soul is God, but in many people the God inside is sleeping, and so y ...
  9. Good Can Always Come Out Of Bad

    Gurudev, how to come out of attachment? And if people deceive us, how to come out of that? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If someone deceives you, they are going to face the music. They will face the consequences. That is the law of karma. You got deceived because ...
  10. Moving Beyond Prejudice

    I want to become a teacher and spread this wonderful knowledge, but I’m disturbed sometimes by the politics that I see on this path. Kindly guide me. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Wherever there are people there will be politics.Politics means everybody has their ...