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Gurudev, how did a handful of British people rule a spiritual giant like India? Is there something to learn from this?
Well, you can wonder about it! One speciality of India is that there was never any unity here. Once I was in Europe and a journalist asked me, ‘Gurudev, tell me, how come the Indian journalists criticize India more than anybody else?’ I said, ‘Th ... -
In a country like India, especially Mumbai where I live, there is so much inequality that I feel embarrassed and guilty for what I have. Yet I have the ambition to earn money and live well. How to reconcile these two things?
Engage yourself in some service activity or another. It is good that something pricks you. That itself will motivate you to do something good for the society. And earmark 2% or 3% of what you earn, because if we use all of what we earn only on ourselves, ... -
Gurudev, India today has two parts, one is Rural India and the other is Urban India. How to bring a balance between these two?
Rural India has its unique qualities that needs to be preserved, and the self-esteem of the people needs to be kept intact. Usually the self-esteem of the rural people go down and they want to emulate what the urban youth do, which is not necessary at all. ... -
Is India on the verge of becoming the country it was 2,000 years ago?
If the politicians let it happen, it will. The politicians have become a problem in Italy, in India, and in Greece. It is the politicians who are driving the country towards bankruptcy. Each country has enough resources and good people. There i ... -
Nowadays, our country is facing lots of droughts. If we join the Ganga and Kaveri rivers, it would help in irrigation. Can you please speak to the politicians to take up this matter seriously?
Scientists say that if we construct dams for all the rivers in our country and prevent water from going to the sea, we can ensure that the whole of India is covered with two feet of water (referring to the quantity of water available for irrigation). ... -
Gurudev, please tell us the significance of the 12 Jyotirlingas (literally meaning ‘pillar of light’, sacred shrines of Lord Shiva).
See Jyoti (light) is within you, and where there is Jyoti, there is Shiva. Jyotirlinga is inside you. The twelve Jyotirlingas are in our body itself. Our body has twelve places (where the twelve Jyotirlinga ... -
You say that corruption in society is linked to the spiritual quotient in society. But how it is that in the west, even through spirituality there is lesser than India, their corruption is also much lesser compared to Indian. Even in China, the spiritual quotient is lesser, even then they are doing better than India when it comes to development.
India is still surviving on its past spiritual flavor. It is like, the kitchen still smells of food but there is no food in the pots. That is what has happened. You are entering into the kitchen and it smells of Bajjis and Bondas< ... -
Gurudev, if we lose our footwear or if someone takes it away, is it true that they take away our bad karma?
If it was an expensive shoe, then yes, it is better to think that way . At least you will get peaceful sleep at night. But if it was a cheap slipper… (Gurudev nods his head). See the main idea was to tell the people to be in the present m ... -
Dear Gurudev, how and when did the twelve Jyotirlingas (literally meaning ‘pillar of light’, a sacred divine shrine of Lord Shiva) come into existence? Please shed some light on this.
See, every Jyotirlingam has a different story behind how it came to be. There is a Sthala Purana (local folklore or legends) attached to each. For example, Lord Rama went to Rameshwaram and established the Jyotirlingam th ... -
How is the India that you visualize in your dreams, especially in the field of education, defense, economy and finance?
I have the dream of a clean and beautiful society, where there is no crime. Small countries like Bhutan, Switzerland and Ireland have so much peace. At one point of time, India had all these. Lord Macaulay had said, ‘I have traveled across ...