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Prayer cannot be cultivated, it is a phenomenon. It just happens to you!
How to deal with religious fanaticism in our families and communities? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: This question does not have one answer. You have to ask this question repeatedly, and each time you will get a different answer for it which you must apply at that ... -
Satsang with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Aug 30,2011
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‘As you rise above the three gunas, sattva increases’
What is the mystery behind karma? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: : As you sow, so you reap. Isn’t it? There is a couplet(shlok) that defines Raajasic intellect as that which discriminates among individuals, whereas Saatvik intellect treats everyone alike seeing the ... -
Whoever you think of, you imbibe their qualities
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: When anyone does something wrong he should be punished. But so that people do not do anything wrong, our Yuvaachaarya (youth leaders) are working towards these efforts. It is necessary to have a remedy for illnesses, but I a ... -
Humor and Humiliation
Humor is the buffer that saves you from humiliation. If you have a good sense of humor you can never be humiliated. And if you refuse to be humiliated you become invincible. Humor brings everyone together, while humiliation tears them apart. In a society ... -
How To Get Centred
Shifting the awareness from the experience to the experiencer; since all the experiences are on the circumference and they keep on changing. The experiencer is at the centre. Again and again come back to the experiencer. If you are frustrated, instead of ... -
The Subtle Truth About Virtues
If we observe our behavior, we procrastinate doing something good but we are in a hurry when it comes to doing something bad. For example if we are angry we want to express it immediately and not wait. Do you know WHY? Because virtues are your very nature ... -
Creativity
Creativity brings a new beginning for "time". When you are creative, you break the monotony of time. Everything becomes fresh and alive. Creativity brings along with it a new round of enthusiasm. Both creative and procreative impulses in nature ... -
Sensitivity and strength
Those who are sensitive often feel weak. Those who feel strong are often insensitive. Some people are sensitive to themselves but insensitive to others. They often feel the others are "bad guys." Those who are sensitive to others but not to them ... -
Two types of knowledge
There are two types of knowledge. The first one is pure knowledge and the second one is applied knowledge. Applied knowledge may benefit you directly and immediately but pure knowledge benefits you indirectly in the long run. If there are some things that ...