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  1. Ram means the light within me, the light in my heart

    (Festival of Ram Navami, April 1, 2012) Ram means light. The root of words like rays and radiance comes from ram. Ra means radiance. Ma means me, mine, myself. Ram means the light within me, the light in my heart. Ram, of course, is the name of Lord Rama, ...
  2. No Choice

    The choice is always between good and the best or bad and worse. Choice is never between good and bad. When there is a good and bad in front of you, there is no choice. Your choice is only between bad and worse or good and the best. And when it is good an ...
  3. When Celebration becomes Service, there is no guilt. When Service becomes Celebration, there is no pride

    The time on this planet for us is a gift. When we consider time as a gift, our whole outlook towards life shifts. Like every year, 2011 also has offered you many gifts. With its thorns, it has made you strong; with its petals, it has given you joy. Any ev ...
  4. Learn and unlearn from the past: Become free

    Every year, we begin the New Year wishing others happiness and prosperity. What is the sign of prosperity? The sign of prosperity is freedom, a smile and the willingness to share with people around you, without fear. The sign of prosperity is the trust an ...
  5. 7 mantras to a prosperous life in 2012- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

    . Time and again, reflect on your life in relation to the cosmos. It is not even a drop in the ocean. This awareness will simply drop all the smallness in you and you will be able to live every moment of your life. 2. Remind yourself of the highest goal ...
  6. Sri Sri on the Bhagavad Gita

    Terrorists are cowards. Whenever terror has struck in any part of the world, we have heard people say it is an act of cowardice. A coward runs away from action but harbours all negative feelings and does it surreptitiously. This is exactly what happened t ...
  7. Celebration and the Christmas Tree

    Dec 24, 1997 German Academy Human life is a combination of body (matter) and spirit (vibration). Isn’t it? Joy is forgetting that you are matter and becoming an intense vibration. Carnal instincts also make you feel intense vibrations momentarily, and tha ...
  8. Self- Reliance and Surrender

    December 25, 1996 – Christmas Day Lake Lucerne, Switzerland Self-reliance needs enormous courage. When there is nobody else or you want to depend on yourself for everything, you need a lot of courage. Surrender needs less courage. A person who cannot surr ...
  9. Jesus- Embodiment of Love

    By Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Love is the most sought-after but least expressed mystery of life. We try to express love in so many ways, still it remains a mystery. And it rarely happens that love is expressed in its fullness, in its totality. Jesus and ...
  10. This begins a new practice

    Beyond an event is Knowledge. Beyond a person is love. Beyond an object is infinity. Knowledge is not in an event; it is beyond an event. If you take one event and infer anything from one event-- infer knowledge-- it will be erroneous knowledge. Say Nancy ...