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Know Your Desires
Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, we are told to give up desires, but on the other hand, we were advised to strive for moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and death). Isn’t this also increasing our desires? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, increase your desi ... -
Meditation Can Improve Health Beyond Comprehension
Ulan Bator, Mongolia The vision of The Art of Living is to create a global family. The whole world has to unite in the sense of one family. I see this happening more and more in Mongolia now. When we have too many things to do, too little time, and no ener ... -
Seeing Perfection In The Not-So-Perfect
Bangalore, India Today we have launched the project of the Kumudvathi River. The Volunteer For A Better India (VBI), have done a wonderful job in rejuvenating a river which had dried out, and which was a source of water for Bangalore city. Now once this is ... -
Being In Knowledge Is Real Worship
Bangalore, India (Over a thousand village deities gathered from all over Karnataka at the newly built Guru Paduka Vanam at the Art of Living International Campus at Bangalore on 12th May. The oval shaped amphitheater with a water body at the center complet ... -
Walk The Path of Truth
Bangalore, India In the seventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna begins by saying, ‘Maiyy asakta-manah Partha yogam yunjan mad-ashrayah. Asamsayam samagram mam yatha jnasyasi tach-chrnu.’ (7.1) He says, ‘By keeping all your affection on Me, and ... -
The Means To Abundance
Bangalore, India I am going to give you a challenge. Are you ready to take up a challenge? Say ‘Ka’ without saying ‘Aa’. Can you do that? You can’t do it. You cannot say ‘Ka’ without saying ‘Aa’. Okay, let us try ‘Ga’, or ‘Cha’, without ‘Aa’. Can you do it ... -
Why Don’t You Just Relax!
Bangalore, India Please talk about surrender? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: What is it that you have to surrender? Anyway everything belongs to the Divine already. But when you think that something belongs to you, then I say, ‘Let go’. When you are holding onto so ... -
Human Life Is Very Precious
Nusa Dua, Bali Three things in life are very important: Passion, Dispassion and Compassion. Passion is required in life. Only when you have passion, are you able to do any job, achieve anything. So we need to have passion. Dispassion is also needed, along ... -
Lift Up Your Eyes
Nusa Dua, Bali (Below is a continuation of the post Human Life Is Very Precious) Dear Gurudev, can you tell us about God’s mother and father? And how many brothers and sisters does God have? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: My goodness! I will tell you who God’s moth ... -
The Door To Heaven
Nusa Dua, Bali This universe is so beautiful. There are so many types of flowers, fruits, trees, animals, human beings; such variety has been created so that you can be happy. But the human mind is such that it does not allow you to be happy. Even in the b ...