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A Glimpse Of Your Soul
Antwerp, Belgium Life has to be seen from a larger perspective. What is life? How long are we going to live here? What is the truth of life? We should put some light on this. And when we do this, the gist comes to doing meditation. See, in all our temples, ... -
Happiness has nothing to do with the prosperity
Breukelen, Netherlands (At an impressive ceremony at the prestigious Nyenrode University, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was conferred with an honorary doctorate today.Addressing the gathering , the Rector of Nyenrode, Dr. Maurits van Rooijen FRSA, said that ... -
Meditation Makes You Lucky
Our country is a land of Rishi (Saints) and Krishi (Agriculture). Irrespective of the pooja (worship), we first perform ‘Beeja Vaapana’ (sowing seeds in small clay pots) and ‘Ankurarpana’ (spraying water and milk over the seedlings). Life and pooja are no ... -
Great Strength Comes To You When You Sacrifice
Bangalore, India What do we get upset with? We don’t get upset with the birds, or the clouds, or with Nature. We don’t get upset with the environment. So, what do we get upset with? We get upset with the people around us. Our enemies upset us and our frien ... -
Very Strange Are The Ways Of Karma
Bangalore, India How many of you have had this experience that without doing any harm to anybody, or anything wrong still people became your enemies. (Many raise their hands) So many! And now tell me, you have not done any big favors and still some people ... -
Three Kinds Of Devotees
Bangalore, India There are three kinds of devotees. The first kind is a devotee who keeps asking, ‘God give me this’, ‘God give me that.’ The second kind is a devotee who is always grateful, ‘Thank you God, you gave me this and you gave me that’, one who i ... -
A Goal Is Needed In Life
Bangalore, India How was God born? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If he was born, he is no God. God is one who was never born and never dies. My son has undergone many courses, but he is not ready to change. He does not do the Kriya even after repeatedly telling hi ... -
Consider Your Life Itself As Your Sadhana
Bangalore, India Gurudev, in the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, ‘My birth (janam) and actions (karm) are both Divine.’ Please elaborate on this. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, when you acquire self-knowledge, then you feel that your birth and your actions a ... -
Faith Is The Petrol In The Vehicle Of Life
Bangalore, India Dear Guruji, I have become free from materialistic things, desires and feverishness to a great extent, but when it comes to you, my thirst keeps increasing. What is the solution for this? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is okay. When one withdraw ... -
Enlightenment Is Present In You As A Seed
Bangalore, India What we need to understand is that we should know that we already have what we want in life. You start with this intention, ‘I already have what I want’, then what you want will fructify easily. Thinking, ‘I have it’, is like sowing a seed ...