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Symbolism Of The Five-Headed Cobra
a five headed cobra behind him. Or Lord Vishnu is sitting in meditation and there is a cobra behind him. ... Even in the pictures of Rishis, you will find a cobra with its hood open at the back. Have you seen ... a cobra at the back of their head; it is a symbol of wakefulness in the deep. See, when you are ... -
The Upside Down Tree
Bangalore, India Gurudev, in the fifteenth chapter of the Gita, there is a description of a tree ... which is upside down. The branches are in the ground and the roots are in the sky. Can you please ... branches. And all the different types of rhythms in life, all the different emotions, etc., are like the ... -
The Master And The Spiritual Path
Bangalore, India Gurudev, in the Upanishads, we usually find references of Samit Pani (ritual of ... Attentive’; second is, ‘Ready to Give Hundred Percent’. You know when Samit (dry stick) is put in the fire it ... is also keeping that equanimity and endurance. In earlier days, they used to say, ‘Don’t go with an ... -
Overcoming Lust And Desires
creating something or making something. Be busy in spreading knowledge, and spreading Dharma. Day and ... night think of how you can reach out to people, and do some good work in life. Or write articles, write ... From six in the morning to one or two at night, I would be on the run. So, keep yourself very busy, ... -
Life And Its Challenges
know how to ride a bicycle? How do you balance it? Balance your life in the same way. Take both of them ... together in life. When the focus is too much on spirituality, I will say that you need to take care of the ... responsibilities at home. If you drown yourself in material activities and neglect your health, I will tell you not ... -
Colors Of Devotion
Bangalore, India Honesty is a quality in a person’s nature. If a person is honest, they are ... devotion is reflected in every sphere of life. If one is devoted to their nation that does ... towards our own country. During the days of the British rule in India, you were considered patriotic if ... -
Significance Of Pilgrimage
of India by one single thread of devotion. Different people in India speak different languages. In ... Kashi (now Varanasi) there is a different language, in Rameshwaram there is a different language. In ... a pilgrimage to Kashi and bathe in the holy Ganges. After that they were told to bring back with them the holy ... -
The Best Antidote For Ego
alone in a place, there cannot be any ego. Ego pops up when the other is there. If you are like ... innocence. That just makes ego transparent. Gurudev, I am in a situation in which I am neither able to ... Paramakaranakarana is the cause of all causes. The Shiva Tattva is playing, putting different things in different ... -
Do I Have To Believe In God?
still be spiritual? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes! Do you know, in the six Darshanas (schools of India ... definitely found out, but before that, in India, people already knew a long time ago that the Earth is going ... perception! And then Vaisheshika Darshana – this is a count of all the things in the universe – Earth, Water, ... -
Intense Inner Transformation
mind, our breath, which is a whole technology in itself. The body is a machine, and the Consciousness ... exists today in the world. In somebody's mind, the ideas come and then the ideas manifest as technology. ... scientific discovery in the world, all forms of music, art, fashion, film, and everything else, needs your ...