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We must always aim to attain the Divine
Two teachers have come here from Manipur. They have done a lot of work and have reformed 500 terrorists. Bangalore has grown so much that it takes a few hours to travel from one end of the city to the other. Many people spend a lot of time traveling from f ... -
The highest flowering in life is being in love
Gurudev, I am a psychologist. I want to know how can spirituality add to my knowledge and make it more holistic. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Meditation can turn around many psychiatric problems. Study consciousness more deeply. Study the Bhagavad Gita, study Yog ... -
Bury the past and move on!
Dear Guruji, can we organize a worldwide meditation on the stroke of New Year of 2012, as you state that this year will bring a great change to the world. Can we start the year with meditation across the globe? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes we can do, why not! ... -
To experience the Divine you have to withdraw your mind
If you see the world, you will not be able to see the Divine. If you want to experience the Divine, you have to withdraw your mind.What does the world mean? Limited identifications, limited understanding about life and judging people based on external beha ... -
Pooja means creating an atmosphere of Divinity and reposing in it
Q: Guruji, how to learn to let go? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Take a deep breath in and hold. That’s it! Now you know how to let go.Gurudev, the waves in the sea goes up and then goes down. But you have said mind goes deep within and then dissolves. So, how do ... -
Though truth is one there are many paths and all the paths are correct
Keep all other concepts on one side and just look into your own life; what have you learnt in your life? What are your experiences? Look at all that you thought as truth that later turned to be not true. What are the experiences which meant something at th ... -
A disciple should be hollow and empty
Video Gurudev, you have travelled the whole world. Wherever you go, you spread the message of peace. What do you feel about the bitterness and unrest among people everywhere? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: A family is formed by a person. A society is formed by fa ... -
Remember that you are innocent in the present moment
When we are on the path of knowledge, how do we define the limits of fulfillment? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Wherever the mind can go, that is its jurisdiction. When a desire gets fulfilled, the mind goes away from it. For example, if you want an umbrella, that ... -
Every beautiful thing should remind you of the divinity
Gurudev, this earthly existence is but a dream. Then how will performing meditation, sadhana and satsang in a dream facilitate the process of awakening from this dream? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You are sleeping and in your dream a snake comes and bites you an ... -
When you let go the best will come to you
In order to bring change in the system it is said you should get into the system. But when we are in the system we are in a position where we don’t want to upset the people who are working with us, then how do we bring change? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: For tha ...
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