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You Are Being Taken Care Of
Bad Antogast, GermanyHow can I fully accept and commit to my profession when I feel spending my life doing seva (service). Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You can balance between seva (service) and your personal and professional life. You can do both. At one point i ... -
Is God Unfair?
Bangalore, India Gurudev, Guru Gobind Singh was a warrior. Can a saint also be a warrior? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Absolutely! Saints used to be warriors. Vishwamitra, Parshuram, etc. There are so many Rishis in Shrimad Bhagvatam who were warriors. Guru Gobi ... -
Gurudev, Guru Gobind Singh was a warrior. Can a saint also be a warrior?
Absolutely! Saints used to be warriors. Vishwamitra, Parshuram, etc. There are so many Rishis in Shrimad Bhagvatam who were warriors. Guru Gobindji raised this slogan, 'Sant sipahi bano' (a saint should become warrior). I ... -
Gurudev, every Master in history has said, 'My way is the best'. Although on the surface it looks like a narrow minded thought, what is the deeper meaning behind it?
Jesus Christ had said, 'All those who came before me were robbers and thieves'. Do you know why he said that? Because people who were sitting in front of him were thinking either of the past or future. They were glorifying the past, or expecting something ... -
Gurudev, I am so happy to know that The Art of Living is sponsoring cows in India. Please can you help the animals and cows which are so cruelly factory farmed in other countries? What can I personally do to help you do this?
Create awareness in people about animal rights and how to preserve them, and protect them; especially the breeds. I don’t know if you are aware of this or not, there are two types of milk proteins. A1 protein and A2 protein. The native cows here (in I ... -
Gurudev, in Mahabharata, many of the warriors were killed by the Pandavas through wrong means. What was the reason behind this? All the bad that happens, is that also Divine will?
Yes, Mahabharat is a very beautiful story, and very symbolic also. Don’t think that it happened once in the past, it is happening every day, especially in this country. There are many Shakunis (the devious uncle in the story of the Mahabharat ... -
Gurudev, in Mahabharata, many of the warriors were killed by the Pandavas through wrong means. What was the reason behind this? All the bad that happens, is that also Divine will?
Yes, Mahabharat is a very beautiful story, and very symbolic also. Don’t think that it happened once in the past, it is happening every day, especially in this country. There are many Shakunis (the devious uncle in the story of the M ... -
Gurudev, nowadays everyone gives me free advice. Each one is trying to be my Guru (Teacher). Without asking I am getting the advice. Whose advice I should listen to and whose I should not?
This is not only nowadays, it is happening successively since many decades. One should listen to everyone and do what one wants to. There is no cover over the ears, they are open. Why? So that you can hear everything, but see only that which you wa ... -
The Eternal Message
Bangalore, India (Photo credit: RayMorris1 / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND) Gurudev, if your perception is your reality, then what is truth? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: What is the truth, is a very individual journey. Nobody can even answer this question. If anyone an ... -
Perceiving The Divine
Bangalore, India Gurudev, what are the signs of true love? What is its form and how can we recognize it? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: True love is like what was between Lord Rama and Bharat. That which existed between Radha and Lord Krishna, and between Lord Kris ...