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It is said that getting a human birth is fortune. However, some people live very comfortable lives while others live miserably. Why this discrimination?
Those who are happy must share with those who are unhappy. Those who are unhappy must have an attitude of sacrifice and work on developing inner strength. Knowledge gives you inner strength. Inner strength brings forbearance in life and gives one the ... -
Many great saints, for example Jesus, have died violent deaths. Why is it so?
Lord Krishna has said this in the Bhagavad Gita, ‘Kleśo 'dhikataras teshām avyaktāsakta-cetasām avyaktā hi gatir dukham dehavadbhir avāpyate’ (Chapter 12 Verse 5) If one worships only the un-manifest aspe ... -
Gurudev, recently there has been a lot of issues with regard to power supply. How do we tackle this issue?
There was a person who had come here to explain how he could turn garbage into electricity. I have encouraged him to do this in Karnataka too. He needs a thousand kilograms of garbage of any kind, which he converts into electricity. We will see how it goes ... -
A Beautiful India
Bangalore, India (Gurudev says looking towards the sky)See, clouds are already there. It will rain well by the end of this month. If there is unrighteousness and decreased moral values in the country, nature also shows its anger. When all the corrupt peopl ... -
Love Is A Happening
Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, love, respect and attachment, how are these three connected. How we can we keep these in balance in relationships? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: I think you have too much free time. You should get busy. Do not sit and worry. Love, re ... -
My dear Gurudev, whenever I look into my heart I find you there. You have hooked me, booked me and cooked me. Please tell me what dish you are trying to make out of me.
Listen! You are wonderful, you are so complete and that is how you could feel that intense emotion. One who does not have the bhaav (intense feeling) cannot even enjoy the bliss, and cannot enjoy peace. If someone is stuck in the intellect, the ... -
Gurudev, what is the solution for the unbearable pain because of the love towards you? What to do?
Start writing; some poems may come. Start working on some projects. Do service (seva); teach and dwell in knowledge. All this will help bring the creativity out of longing. ... -
Dear Gurudev, a few days back you spoke about the significance of Gayatri Mantra. Can you please tell us the importance of initiation that is done before chanting the Gayatri mantra?
Yes, initiation before using a mantra is essential. Only then does the mantra get charged. You cannot merely chant a mantra by reading it from a book. It has to be received from someone who has already been chanting it. ... -
Dear Gurudev, kindly explain the meaning of Asangoham (a phrase often chanted by Gurudev in the advanced course).
I am not this – that is what Asangoham means. For example, I am wearing the cloth, but I am not the cloth. The body is mine but I am not the body. I am not the thoughts, I am not the mind. Like this you go on to negate one by one all the layers ... -
Why does the Infinity keep its anonymity?
So that you can seek that. When you long for it then you seek. And the seeking itself is so beautiful. Longing for the Divine, longing for the highest is in itself so beautiful. That is why longing is called Radha. Radha mean ...
