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Gurudev, India is a rich country with poor people, and I feel that this is the case because of corruption. What are your thoughts on this?
India was under foreign rule for many centuries. After going through all that, with a population that is three times that of America, with only one-third of their land mass, with 600 dialects and 28 languages, the country is the equivalent of a continen ... -
Gurudev, how do we handle a situation where one family member wants to convert to another religion?
First of all, honor all religions. The real problem is that they don’t know their own religion completely. Tell them to first understand their own religion, study and go deep into it and then decide.When you are converting religions, you are ... -
I want others to appreciate me.
Whenever you expect anything from others, appreciation or anything else, you are not being independent, and this is bound to bring you down. You must say, “I don’t expect anything from others, but whatever I need to do, I will keep on doing ... -
Gurudev, we keep asking you questions. Do you have a question that you would like to ask us?
I am asking you this question, ‘Do you follow a Guru?’ I ask everyone questions all the time; I ask them ‘How are you?’ ‘Are you happy?’ Though I know the answer still I ask. These are the only questions I ask, and I ... -
You once said that Guru is a presence, it is not a person, what does this mean?
See, certain questions have no answers. If you have to say whether you follow a Guru, the answer is neither ‘Yes’ nor ’No’. If you say ‘No’, then the question has no meaning. If you say ‘Yes’, then it has ... -
Why is it that sometimes we don’t trust in the Guru. Why do we have doubts that arise?
Should you follow the Guru? I am asking you. How many of you think that you should follow the Guru, raise your hands? (Everyone in the audience raise their hands). If you are following the Guru, that means the Guru is also walking. He hasn&rsquo ... -
What is the difference between the self and the soul?
Soul is like the air in a balloon, and self is like the air in the atmosphere. ... -
Q: Who are your main sources of inspiration?
Inspiration is always from within. When you have the commitment to do something in life, something in the world, give something to the world back, you can draw inspiration from everything and from everybody around you. You cannot decide, I want to be ... -
I do my Sadhana very regularly. How can I know for sure that my bad Karmas or their ill-effects are getting cleansed and removed?
I tell you, drop everything and just become a Sharanagati. Being a Sharanagati means to have this firm faith and belief that all your Karmas have been cleansed. There is no balance that remains to be cleared anymore. Why are you st ... -
Gurudev, all the great saints and enlightened Masters consider Tyaag (sacrifice) and Vairagya (dispassion) as the means to attaining Moksha (final liberation). Is the desire for Moksha not a kind of greed or desire after all?
Yes, it is true that intense desire or greed for Moksha is also a kind of desire ultimately, but that is the final and the last desire that one has to let go of. One needs to cultivate or have this desire for Moksha to overcome and drop al ...