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Making Life A Celebration
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for his peace work around the world, with special reference to his work in ... come in life and every challenge makes you strong and makes you shine from within.Only a diamond gets ... sugarcane, it doesn’t say, ‘I am going to give you bitter juice.’ Similarly, in our life, problems come, but ... -
Yoga: A New Dimension
to eat, but this celebration has been different. In this particular celebration, people came with ... empty stomachs. All around the world, people fasted in the morning to come and do yoga, and they did ... balloons, no pollution, but everyone coming together in a spirit of celebration. Seeing what is temporary ... -
The Wonderland Of Yoga
wonderland of yoga. How can we help friends who are experiencing trauma and have no interest in spirituality? ... back the gun again. These are skills. There is skill in teaching.Yoga is skill in action. 'Yogaha ... Karmasu Kaushalam', that is what Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita. Yoga is Skill in action.Usually ... -
You Are Not Your Thoughts
thoughts are like clouds. This could be the nearest example one can give. Clouds come and go in the sky, ... but can they disturb or limit the vastness of the sky in any way? No, not at all. So when you fly ... is unchanged. It is only the thoughts which keep moving. This is what happens in meditation. When you ... -
Drop The Past
Gurudev, you always say that joy is in the present moment. But there are some events of the past ... that hold me back from being totally in the present moment. Despite wanting to, many times I am not ... able to be totally in the present. What should I do? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: See, if you try to walk ... -
Meditation Brings Revelation
that is – creativity, enthusiasm, joy, and living in harmony with everyone. These are constant for ... So some things in us can change and some cannot – and we have to accept them both. Suppose your ... faster. Gurudev, where is the fulfillment in life? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Fulfillment in life lies in ... -
The Guru Is Greater Than God
(Below is a continuation of post A Piece Of The Master) Gurudev, in Maharashtra we have a saying ... is true. There is a couplet by Saint Kabir in Hindi that says, "Guru Govind dou khade, kaake lagoon ... always held the highest position in our country since the ages. It is a very unique pedestal and we need ... -
A Piece Of The Master
hatred, negativity, and aversions. In a matter of moments all this will simply vanish. So it is a good ... are in a state of emotional upsurge. If you do so in an emotional state, then very soon you will also ... say, “I cannot live with you”. It will be like a flip over. This is why in such matters you should take ... -
Love Is About Giving
Whenever we chant mantras, do we have to recite them out loud or do we chant silently in our mind, like ... very loudly. When we chant mantras loudly and together in a group, then it is called as Kirtana. When ... we recite in a normal or medium tone of the voice, then it is called as chanting. And when you recite ... -
The Science of Vastushastra
Vastushastra? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: See, Vastushastra is definitely a science in itself. This science was ... conceived and developed in the ancient ages, and it is a part of the Vedas. But as of today, it is not ... available or accessible to us completely. It was written down on palm leaves and stored in the ancient ...
