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3 Things That Affect Your Mind
Montreal, Canada The mind gets affected by three things: Time, Food and Company.TimeIf you turn back and see, you must have experienced this in your life; even if everything is alright, you have all that you need, yet, if the time is not right then your mi ... -
Are You Being Useful or Useless?
Montreal, Canada Photo credit: Ted Abbott / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Dear Gurudev, what is it about seva that makes people dynamic versus doing office work? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: See, we have to do something and we keep doing something. When we do something, ... -
Three Levels of Spiritual Practices
Montreal, Canada There are three levels of spiritual practices. This is something I have not spoken about before. The first one is called Anva Upaya. The second is Shakta Upaya, . and the third one is Shambava Upaya. . Shiva, Shakti and Anva. All practices ... -
The Most Desired Transformation
Geneva, Switzerland Your Excellency, and my dear ones and the audience. As Dr. Denis Broun just mentioned, crisis brings out the best and the worst in people. When the recent Himalayas tsunami happened, I didn’t tell any of the volunteers to go and do some ... -
How to Keep Faith During Calamities?
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Where There Is A Will There Is A Way) Dear Sri Sri, in Germany and some other parts of Europe we have had very recently experienced devastating floods. What is your message towards our environmental dut ... -
Where There Is A Will There Is A Way
Face 2 FaceBangalore, India (Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar took to Facebook with a live event, turning the modern social network into a lively global platform for seeking solace, guidance and action from the ancient Indian spiritual wisdom. Lakhs of people ... -
What Is Swadharma?
Bangalore, India Gurudev what is Swadharma, and how do I know what is my Swadharma? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Swadharma is that action which is in accordance with your nature. It is acting in accordance with your skills and talents, your own nature (svabhava), ... -
To What Extent Is Idol Worship Acceptable?
Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, my question is about idol worship in the Hindu religion. Christians don’t have churches everywhere. Mosques and Gurudwaras are also not everywhere. Then why do Hindus have temples everywhere? Under every tree and in every cor ... -
Qualities Of A Jnani (Gyani)
(Below is a continuation of the post Intellectual vs. Emotional) A Jnani (wise or knowledgeable one) is one whose intellect is sharp and profound. Such a person understands everything in depth (and not superficially).A Jnani is always close to Nature and ... -
Intellectual vs. Emotional
(Below is a continuation of the post One Pointed Devotion) There are two types of people in the world:One type are called Bhaav-pradhan: They are those who are driven purely by their feelings (meaning those who give great importance to their feelings).The ...