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Gurudev Sri Sri's Message On Gowri Habba
04.09.2016Did you all celebrate Gowri or Ganesha habba well?During the Gowri festival, we give bhagina. What does bhagina mean? Bhagina means fortune. We share our fortune with each others with the feeling that 'We are part of your life and you are part of our life ...
Finding Contentment
12.10.2016It is so interesting how conflicts just pop up in the world. If you see the mechanics, it is all coming from the head. It is the head which complicates one’s personality. It is so amazing to see how people can get into conflict, and can even want conflict ...
The Only Way To Beat Loneliness
25.07.2016How to be happy when you are lonely? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You should feel the freedom! (Laughter from the audience) Look at the birds, how they fly.What is lonely? When there is nobody to bug you, nobody to ask you where did you go? What did you do? Whom ...
Being A Good Human Being
01.09.2016Gurudev, what is the parameter to call myself a good human being? Please guide me. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: An eye that can see beyond the obvious, ears that can give a patient hearing, an intellect that is free from prejudice, an intention to help those in ...
A Happy State Of Mind
28.08.2016Are there different stages of being enlightened? What are the signs of enlightenment? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You need not worry about it. There are no different stages. Enlightenment is only one, that’s all. Are there different types of emptiness? Emptines ...
Criticism: Face It With Courage
28.08.2016(Below is the continuation of the post The Underlying Unity Of The Creation) If someone repeatedly insults or criticizes me, what should I do? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: I tell you, if someone insults you, criticizes you, let them be! How much harm can they do ...
The Underlying Unity Of The Creation
28.08.2016(Below is the continuation of the post The Vastness Of The Unknown) Who is God? God is Satchitananda. ‘Sat’ means the Truth, the ultimate reality without a second. ‘Chit’ means the blissful Consciousness that is alive and complete with intelligence. It is ...
The Vastness Of The Unknown
28.08.2016One of the more recent and contemporary poets from Karnataka has composed a beautiful poem about Surrender, and whom should one seek refuge in. The verse says “Become a Sharanagati and take refuge in the fact that life is a great and deep secret”. The mor ...
The Power Of Self Reflection
26.08.2016Gurudev, when I see enthusiastic people, what comes to my mind is that they are showing off. What do you think? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Why do you want to judge them? Let them do what they want to do. It seems that you have too much time on your hands. Do n ...
