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Please explain the relationship between Guru and student.
Just relax! Be at home. With a teacher, you should be like you are with a doctor, or in front of a mirror. When you stand in front of a mirror, you reflect yourself, right! With the teacher, the most desired thing is being open, natural, and ready for ... -
If we are insignificant, if we are nothing, how does it matter what we do?
It does matter. When you are insignificant, you also do nothing, and then there is bliss. But the moment you do something, it is going to bring you the result. If you overeat, you may have to call a doctor. You have indigestion, and then you have ... -
There is only one God everywhere
Gurudev, do you believe that prisons are right? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: I consider prisons to be like hospitals. Like when someone’s body is sick, you take them to the hospital; like that, when someone’s actions are sick, they go to prison, only to get bette ... -
In Islam, they say there is only one God, what do you think about that?
Of course, everybody says there is only one God. Judaism says there is only one God. Christianity says, only one God. Isn’t it? Hinduism says only one God. It says: ‘Ekam Sat Vipra’, only one God but manifested in many forms. You can adore him in whatever ... -
Thank you for the experience of the present moment and feeling of the space. I have never thought that going into this deeper and deeper could make me so excited. I want to be hollow and empty every day.
You are! I know you all enjoy this. This is so beautiful, right! Similarly, the blessing course is also very nice. Now, after realising this and doing all that I still want you to be very normal. There is a code of conduct for enlightenment; do you kn ... -
Why do you allow singing during silence?
Singing in some strange way brings certain calmness to the mind. There are courses where we don’t sing and we go into deeper silence. That is in an advanced stage. This is the beginning, where you are just keeping silence for three to four days. In th ... -
Have you been in a casino before, just for fun?
I think I create one every evening, where everyone sings and dances and are happy. No, I have never been in a casino, where people gamble, isn’t it? ... -
When can a householder walk away from his wife to take up Sanyas?
With her permission only! If your wife says, ‘you can go, do whatever you want to’, then you do whatever you want to. But if you have responsibility, better fulfil that, isn’t it! ... -
Gurudev, do you believe that prisons are right?
I consider prisons to be like hospitals. Like when someone’s body is sick, you take them to the hospital; like that, when someone’s actions are sick, they go to prison, only to get better and come back. But, unfortunately, today prisons have become a ... -
I don't need to catch you because you all belong to me
The very meaning of Kailash is where there is only celebration, only joy, nothing else besides it. In the same way, Vaikunth is where Narayana resides, means a place where there is no lack of anything. Everything is in abundance, and there is all prosperit ...