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  1. Just Wake Up!

    Montreal, Canada Gurudev, you found us in this lifetime. But since you visit this planet so rarely, or so I think, what happens to all of us until we meet again during all those other life times? Do we slip back somehow? Do we continue to grow in knowledge ...
  2. Be Untouched

    Montreal, Canada  Gurudev, I have been told that a human soul can often take one to two million years to find liberation. Is it true that by doing Kriya and meditation every day, this liberation can be obtained even in one lifetime? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: E ...
  3. An Astonishing Secret

    Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post The Space Of Knowledge) We call something astonishing or wonderful which is not ordinary. But if the same event happens every day, then we do not call it a wonder because we do not find anything really ...
  4. The Space Of Knowledge

    Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Having A Perfect Vision) 'Pratyaksavagamam dharmyam su-sukham kartum avyayam'. (9.2) Lord Krishna says to Arjuna, ‘This knowledge is such that it is directly experienced. It is not that if you follow it ...
  5. Near Death Experiences

    Bad Anogast, Germany Where is the Jeeva and the Atma before birth? What is the difference between Jeeva and Atma? How is a Jeeva born, and where does it come from? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Both are same. Life comes into the body at the time of conception, and ...
  6. Knowing The Unknown

    Boone, North Carolina Gurudev, can you please talk a little more about the sound/alphabet meditation? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: That is the meditation that we did today, where you can’t go to Ka without Aa. So, you went to the very source where the sound arose ...
  7. The Seven Centers of Energy (Chakras)

    Boone, North Carolina Gurudev, is sexual energy and meditative energy the same energy? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, it is only one energy in the body, but it manifests in different forms, in different chakras. Sexual energy, love energy, intellectual energy, ...
  8. From Religion To Spirituality

    Bad Anotgast, Germany Religion has become an obstacle in my life. I cannot move forward. What should I do? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Never mind. Move from religion to spirituality. You are a spiritual being, and that is good enough. Every religion has some nic ...
  9. Having A Perfect Vision

    Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post What Really Is Sin?) The ninth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is called the Raja-Vidhya Yoga or the Raja-Guhya Vidhya (the most supreme and confidential knowledge). A king (Raja) never makes too much effo ...
  10. Capture The Vast Sun In Your Little Mirror

    Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post The Evolving Mind) 'Yasya nahankrto bhavo buddhir yasya na lipyate. Hatvapi sa imal lokan na hanti na nibadhyat'. (18.17) He says, ‘One whose intellect is free from the influence of Maya. (alipta-buddhi ...