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Everyone should aim at enlightenment, ‘I just want total freedom’
Guruji earlier you said that the casual body has to wait for the divine will to get liberated. Does the presence of a Satguru in one’s life take care of that? You are the divine for me. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know always like the physical, the subtle an ... -
Anytime you feel that I am total, I am complete, death can come this moment, I welcome it. Then that completion is Nirvana
Beloved Guruji, could you say something about the meaning of Punarnava? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: "Nava" means new, "Puna" means again. Making something new again, that is "Punarnava", bringing new life, infusing newness.Could you speak on Yogamaya? Sri Sri Ra ... -
Prayer is an expression of the deepest anguish and or the deepest gratitude
Montreal CanadaGurudev, does the soul choose to take birth at a certain time in history, planet, and consciousness or is it all random? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Well planned, no random.Our thoughts tend to be about the future or past. If our mind is in the pr ... -
When you become subtle in your mind and go deep in your heart, you turn vegetarian naturally
Guruji tell us about Navratri and why we do all the yagyas and everything? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Navratri is special time where you invoke all the divine impulses. They’re all blessings. It’s an ancient way, in the yagyas all the five elements are used to ... -
The divine energy (shakti) inside alone can destroy all negative impulses
Today is called the victory day, victory of the good over the evil because life has always been a struggle between the good and evil forces. And these nine days of celebration of Navaratri culminates on this tenth day which is called the victory day. That ... -
‘There is no dearth for grace, we have plenty of grace. Blessings are there in abundance’
You know sometimes it is very difficult to talk to someone who is very sad or upset. You tell them anything it just doesn’t get into their head; it just goes above their head. They just cannot digest. They’ll hear from this side and then it will just fly a ... -
When you feel at a stage there is no point in doing any seva, mind is not even interested in doing sadhana, a sense of dryness has come in life, that’s when you pray.
God is invisible and is untouched by any karma. Though he lives in every human being, in every embodied living being, in their heart, he is not afflicted by the karma. How? Like the space; in the space clouds come, smoke come and they go but the space itse ... -
Everything changes, but inside us there is an element that does not change. Just know this and accept all the changes.
(A member of the audience asked a question and it was inaudible) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: ‘Swaastika’ symbolizes the cycle. ‘Swaastha’ means established in the Self. ‘Swaastika’ means that which is healthy for humanity; that which contains all the four aspect ... -
Repose in the self
Anandautsav with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Goa Gurudev, if someone criticizes us, how should we deal with them? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Give that person a surprise. Tell them, ‘wow, you said such wonderful things! How did you figure out these facts?’ T ... -
Life is a continuous process of teaching you to ‘let go’
PhD Chambers – Delhi, 12 September 2011 This is what we need to do, simply come out of the table. If you are behind the table you are half known, out of the table you are fully there. Right! Someone asked me how do you manage this huge organization? 152 co ...