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The Essence of the Ancient Teachings
Hong Kong, China Today is full moon, Buddha Poornima. Today is the day when Buddha was born, and he got enlightened on the same day. Are you all feeling at home? Formalities keep us at a distant level, and satsang means an intimate sitting together. Feel f ... -
Meditation Can Improve Health Beyond Comprehension
Ulan Bator, Mongolia The vision of The Art of Living is to create a global family. The whole world has to unite in the sense of one family. I see this happening more and more in Mongolia now. When we have too many things to do, too little time, and no ener ... -
Five Sheaths of Human Existence
Hangzhou, China We all agree that we need to care for ecology, but this education needs to go down to the rural areas, to the villagers, and to the urban cities as well. We need to educate people, bring about awareness. Today, greed is eating up our societ ... -
Bananas To Bliss
Bangalore, India Gurudev, what is your message that we should take back home? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Listen, this is like coming to a super market and asking, ‘What is it that I should take back home?’ (Laughter) What do you think the staff will say? They ... -
Learn To Look Beyond
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Everything Is An Expansion Of That One) Lord Krishna says, ‘Sa taya shraddhaya yuktas tasyaradhanam ihate. Labhate cha tathah kaman mayaiva vihitan hi tan’. (7.22) Whatever we receive in life is because ... -
What Really is Sin?
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Learn To Look Beyond) He continues further by saying, 'Iccha-dvesha-samutthena dvandva-mohenabharata. Sarva-bhutanisammohamsargeyantiparantapa'. (7.27) When someone is caught up in Raaga (intense cravi ... -
Don’t Harm Yourself
Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, when someone insults me, I simply accept it with a feeling of love, and I do not retaliate. Am I in some way encouraging injustice by doing this? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, we must never support injustice. You can forgive the ... -
After Several Lifetimes
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Removing Fear) Lord Krishna says, ‘Tesham jnani nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir vishishyate. Priyo hi jnanino 'tyartham aham sa cha mama priyah. Udarah sarva evaite jnani tv-atmaiva me matam’. (7.17) Lord Krish ... -
Everything Is An Expansion Of That One
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post After Several Lifetimes) Today is Shankara Jayanti. It is Shri Adi Shankaracharya’s birthday (the greatest Guru of the Advaita school of Indian philosophy). Adi Shankaracharya propagated the teachings o ... -
What Is It That Makes You Miserable?
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post The Secret to Great Strength) A great scientist called Professor D’Hoore had come here to the Ashram. He is a Scientist and an expert in physics. He said that this Universe is held together by three for ...