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All Religions Are One
(Below is a continuation of the post Peace Begins With Me) The Ganesh festival just concluded yesterday. People often ask, 'Why do they first worship the idol of Lord Ganesha and then immerse it in water?'You know, there was a brilliant idea the Rishis (w ... -
Peace Begins With Me
(Below is a continuation of the post Practice What You Preach) There are three kinds of doubt: 1. When we doubt ourselves2. When we doubt the people around us, and3. When we doubt GodWe have never seen God, so there is always a doubt somewhere in our mind ... -
Practice What You Preach
(The Outreach Program, Jamia Millia Islamia, organized a dialogue with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Gurudev spoke on World Peace & Global Harmony, which was followed by a guided meditation. Afterwards, the audience of over 400, which included faculty ... -
Finding Strength Through Faith
How can a person build up faith? Or is it a talent with which one is born with? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You cannot build up faith, you should simply become aware of your doubts and drop them. When you drop your doubts, faith is already there.A doubt is like ... -
Bring An End To Cow Slaughter
Mr Gopal here really lives up to his name – ‘Gopal’ (another name for Lord Krishna; also meaning one who takes care of the cows). He is so dedicated towards the cause of safeguarding the cows.I have been wanting to come here since a very long time, but so ... -
Faith Is Good Enough
(Below is a continuation of the post Making Love Last) Is true surrender god given? How can human beings try to achieve it? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: For god’s sake, don’t try to surrender. I think this word surrender has been misused so many times that it is ... -
Making Love Last
Gurudev, how do I find a life partner? I feel I’ve tried everything with no luck. What do I do differently? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Well, I’m not an expert in this. You have to ask this question to somebody who has been in many relationships and finally got ... -
Being Joyful Like A Child
There is one thing that everybody is seeking for, and that is happiness. It is not that people don’t find, they do find happiness but it doesn’t last too long. It is momentary; for couple of hours, or one or two days. But the tendency of the spirit is to ... -
Give Miracles A Chance
There are three components in life:1. Effort. Without your self-effort, nothing happens. So you have to put your effort. Will everything happen only through your effort? No.You make an effort and sow a mango sapling today and you want the fruit of it to ... -
Just Let Go!
(Below is a continuation of the post The Purpose Of Yoga) Divinity is in the simplest state or form of awareness, i.e., feeling 'I don’t know. Who cares, I don’t know'.When you relax what is happening? The body relaxes and the mind expands. But when you w ...
