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What is the role and purpose of art and an artist? What is the relationship between spirituality and artistic expression?
Life is art. Art is appreciating what ‘is’. If there is a heap of flower, you would just see it as a heap of flower. But if you appreciate it and put it in a certain pattern, then you call it an art.Art is conveying something to you. A ... -
Dear Gurudev, can you please explain how to overcome attachment, and what to do about the attachment for you? These days it has become very painful.
You cannot hide love. Nor can you express it fully. This has been the story of love since ages. When there is love, it oozes out and you see it in your eyes, and in your actions. Love can never be hidden, and yet it can never be expressed fully. However mu ... -
Gurudev, I get deeply troubled when I look at an elderly person's body. I realize that aging is inevitable, but it bothers me all the same. What can I do about it?
When the beauty inside blossoms, the older you get, the more beautiful you look. Sacrifice, love and service, these three things should be present in life. Look at Mahatma Gandhi, did he not become more attractive as he grew older. His smile was ... -
Gurudev, is it okay to see someone's beauty? Is it not lust to look at someone's beauty?
You see beautiful things in the world and every beautiful thing should remind you of the divinity. Then the beauty itself becomes a prayer. This is what is Soundarya Lahari. Adi Shankaracharya wrote beautiful shlokas (sanskrit verses) called Soun ... -
What does beauty mean according to you?
If someone has a beautiful mind, that is real beauty. ...
