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  1. Lift Up Your Eyes

    Nusa Dua, Bali (Below is a continuation of the post Human Life Is Very Precious) Dear Gurudev, can you tell us about God’s mother and father? And how many brothers and sisters does God have? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: My goodness! I will tell you who God’s moth ...
  2. Human Life Is Very Precious

    Nusa Dua, Bali Three things in life are very important: Passion, Dispassion and Compassion. Passion is required in life. Only when you have passion, are you able to do any job, achieve anything. So we need to have passion. Dispassion is also needed, along ...
  3. Being In Knowledge Is Real Worship

    Bangalore, India (Over a thousand village deities gathered from all over Karnataka at the newly built Guru Paduka Vanam at the Art of Living International Campus at Bangalore on 12th May. The oval shaped amphitheater with a water body at the center complet ...
  4. Eight Types Of Purification

    Alappuzha, Kerala Annadata sukhi bhava, those who are providing me with this food, let them be happy. Will you all say this one mantra every day before your meals? When you say this, you are wishing prosperity for three people. One is to the farmer; the se ...
  5. The Means To Abundance

    Bangalore, India I am going to give you a challenge. Are you ready to take up a challenge? Say ‘Ka’ without saying ‘Aa’. Can you do that? You can’t do it. You cannot say ‘Ka’ without saying ‘Aa’. Okay, let us try ‘Ga’, or ‘Cha’, without ‘Aa’. Can you do it ...
  6. Humiliation- A Blessing In Disguise

    Calgary, Canada How do I get rid of my ego, which is so strong? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Oh, for heaven’s sake, don’t do that! Don’t try to get rid of your ego. If you find that your ego is your biggest problem; keep it in your pocket, or in the purse. Let it ...
  7. Seeing Perfection In The Not-So-Perfect

    Bangalore, India Today we have launched the project of the Kumudvathi River. The Volunteer For A Better India (VBI), have done a wonderful job in rejuvenating a river which had dried out, and which was a source of water for Bangalore city. Now once this is ...
  8. Drop Your Problems

    Bangalore, India Truth is that from which you cannot escape and also which you cannot describe. It is very difficult to describe the truth, and equally difficult to avoid it. Similarly, beauty is something which you cannot possess, and you cannot renounce ...
  9. A Conversation Without Words

    Bangalore, India We need to see and observe that whatever thoughts come to our mind, are all useless. Every thought is about the past. These thoughts that arise in the mind are a projection of the past on the consciousness. Whatever has happened in the pas ...
  10. The Power of the Guru Tatva

    Bangalore, India When one is with the Guru, and following the path, is it necessary even then to participate or conduct rituals? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If you have unshakeable faith on the Guru Tattva, then there is no need for anything else. But if you fee ...