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How to express now when words itself are misinterpreted and I am not understood?
Don’t bother. If people misinterpret, it is their problem. You meditate and you improve your intuitive ability, then you will say the right words at the right time. ... -
After putting our botherations in the botheration basket, how do they get solved?
It gets solved, doesn't it? How does it happen, that you leave to me. How many of you have experienced this that your botherations got solved? (Everyone in the audience raise their hands). Just by putting your botherations in the basket, it is taken ... -
Gurudev, why is it so that the people who stand up for something have to face problems and not the ones who just don’t bother?
Well, you can keep wondering about it. Trouble comes when you act, and if you don’t act also, it comes, a little later. Why do you have to look at others, what they are doing and feeling? ... -
Thousands of years ago (at the time of the Mahabharata), people had the same problems as what we have today. There is not much difference.
Thousands of years ago also, there was a new moon and there was a full moon, there was winter and there was spring. So in everyone’s life also, the 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita happen.•The first chapter is where you regret ... -
Gurudev, how does the botheration basket work?
It works, doesn’t it? (Many in the audience agree) That’s it! That is my trade secret which I will tell you some other time. What I am saying, all this is a secret and very sacred too. Everything I say is a secret and very sacred. ... -
Gurudev, my family is very dedicated to God, then why do I have so many problems? I have dropped out of college, my health is quite bad. How much more should I lose to win?
Well, you have come here, and that is a very good beginning.Firstly, when you have a problem in front of you, it appears to be so big because you are only concerned with your own problem. Open your eyes, when you see that others have bigger ... -
Gurudev, when I get close to my goal, suddenly something thing happens and I am not able to reach my goal. This happens every time. What to do?
I want you to revisit your own life and see how many times you have succeeded. Whenever a problem comes in front of us, we eternalize and generalize it. We should stop this. If there is a problem and you say, I want you to say, ‘Oh, I will face this proble ... -
You have millions of followers all over the world. What are the biggest obstacles that they face in achieving personal happiness? Do these obstacles differ from country to country, or are the same reasons universally applicable to human kind. For instance, will it be different in India and the United States?
Yes. As many different cultures or languages are there in the planet, that many challenges are there.Basically, you can put them into four categories:1. Employment or work related issues2. Financial problem3. Relationship problems4. ... -
Yesterday you told us to be like a lotus flower. How can we do this? I am doing my practices everyday and I meditate twice, but I don’t feel like a lotus flower at all.
Okay, if you do not feel like a flower, at least feel like a leaf! (Laughter) That is why I said lotus leaf also! Sometimes you should just wake up and shake up!You should say, ‘Come on! The whole past is gone! Finished! What am I holdi ... -
Gurudev, what actually is prayaschit? How can one become free of one’s sins? Can one ever become free of guilt, or is one doomed to live with that?
‘Prayas’ means getting back to the original state; ‘chitta’ means consciousness.We were all born innocent. How is the mind when you are a baby? Fresh, alive, innocent. Prayaschitta means, that act which t ...
