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  1. The Decorations For Celebrating Life

    Bad Antogast, Germany Often people who are celebrating cannot appreciate silence. And those who enjoy silence don't celebrate. They don't look that joyful and celebrative. People who are in silence are very morose and melancholic. But our specialty is, we ...
  2. How To Pray?

    Boone, North Carolina  It struck me when the name David was mentioned, is there any meaning to the name David in English or in Hebrew? What does David mean? (Audience say: David means The King of Wisdom)In Sanskrit David, Dev-vith means one who knows God. ...
  3. Taking Refuge Of The Divine

    Bangalore, India (Photo credit: pattoise / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND) Gurudev, in Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna said to take refuge in him. What does it mean? Please elaborate. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Taking refuge means relaxing. Just like how a child feels whe ...
  4. The Right Perspective to Dealing With Hurt

    Bangalore, India You know, many of you often say, 'Oh, I feel so hurt'.You fall in love and then you get hurt, isn't it. How many of you have had this experience? (Many raise their hands)You didn’t expect a certain action or reaction from the people whom y ...
  5. 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 ...
  6. We Are All Equal

    Bangalore, IndiaToday, I was reminded of an incident. This happened during my middle school years. We had a servant maid who would work in our house and she had a daughter who would accompany her. They both used to come together. The mother would do all th ...
  7. Are You Sensitive Or Sensible?

    Bangalore, India Gurudev, when we put our focus on others, we get weak. Like when Yudhistira (character from Indian epic Mahabharata) put his focus on the Pandavas (Yudhistira's brothers) he got weak, but Krishna told him to be centered. Does this mean we ...
  8. Revenge Is No Solution

    Montreal, Canada How do you forgive someone that you have a close relationship with, who has betrayed you and let you down continuously? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Well, what option do you have? If there is any other good option, tell me, I will go along with y ...
  9. The Art Of Communication

    Bangalore, India Gurudev, how to be diplomatic and what is the art of getting your work done? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Being diplomatic is seeing the point from the other person’s angle as well. Getting into the other person’s shoes and looking at the situati ...
  10. Money Is Not Everything

    Bangalore, India Don’t give too much power to money. Money has its role to play. It’s not just money that makes things work; people have power in their determination. Many of the big demonstrations that have happened in the world, big changes that have com ...