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  1. Real Faith Leads To Everlasting Happiness

    Dear Gurudev, what is the main mantra or key to happiness in life? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: The key to happiness in life is to not stay stuck in 'I…Me…Mine' (meaning one’s own personal desires or material gains). Dedicate your life to some larger goal, or to ...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 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 ...
  4. 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 ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 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 ...
  7. People And Their Opinions

    Gurudev, what to choose between these two things: life in this beautiful world with a Guru like you, or liberation and ultimate union with the Divine? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You can have both; this does not have to be a choice. You can lead a happy life in ...
  8. Revisiting Wisdom

    Being in silence must be difficult for some of you. But you will realize the value of silence, and how our energy is spent by talking . When that talking channel is closed, you will find so much of your energy focused inward. You feel how beautiful and how ...
  9. The Karma Principle

    When everything goes right, everybody smiles anyway. When things go wrong, if you still can smile, then you have lived The Art of Living course.Things are falling apart, things are going wrong, then also you smile, because you know things are going to be ...
  10. The Art Of Expressing The Heart

    When can one gain victory (over ignorance or negativity)?This is explained very beautifully in a verse from the Bhagavad Gita, 'Yatra yogeshvarah Krishno yatra partho dhanur-dharah. Tatra srirvijayo bhutir dhruva nitir-matir mamah'. (18.78) Sanjaya recite ...