Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

HAPPINESS IS OUR TRUE NATURE

January 18, 2021

Once there was a congregation of fish that got together to discuss who among them had seen the ocean. None of them could say they had actually seen the ocean. Then one fish said, ‘‘I think my great grandfather had seen the ocean!’’ A second fish said, ‘‘Yes, yes, I...

Let the New Year celebrate your presence

December 28, 2020

“Sound stretched is Music… Movement stretched is dance... Mind stretched is meditation... Life stretched is celebration.” A poor man celebrates the New Year once a year. A rich man celebrates each day. But the richest man celebrates every moment. You don’t need money to celebrate life. If you just have...

LOVE BRINGS PERFECTION

December 21, 2020

Our life cannot move an inch without love; it has sprung from love, it moves in love and culminates in love. Behind every desire there is love. Yet, we see that love comes with a tail called problems. If you love objects more, it becomes greed, if you love people...

Six secrets for a happy and successful marriage

December 14, 2020

Marriage is an institution of patience, sacrifice, caring for each other, and sharing. Our ancient people spoke about saptapadi—the seven steps one takes in life. The hallmarks of a happy marriage are a sense of commitment, co-operation, compassion, caring and less ego. The relationship can bring us strength or weakness...

Cross over from this world of death to immortality

November 30, 2020

The brave one sees that there is one consciousness present in everything, every living being and in every object. It is that which is present everywhere. One who recognises that “the consciousness which is in me is everywhere”, crosses over this world of death to immortality. This temporary world is...

Keep misery at bay with yoga

November 2, 2020

Patanjali, the propounder of yoga, enunciates the purpose of yoga: “The purpose of yoga is to stop misery before it comes.” Whether it is greed, anger, jealousy, hatred, or frustration, all these negative emotions can be healed or re-oriented through yoga. When you are happy, have you noticed a sense...

Navratri: A journey to the source

October 19, 2020

The festival of Navratri is celebrated with prayers and gaiety at the beginning of the Ashwin (autumn) and the beginning of Chaitra (spring). This period is a time for self-referral and getting back to the source. During this time of transformation, nature sheds the old and gets rejuvenated; animals hibernate...

Happiness is our nature

October 12, 2020

Once there was a congregation of fish, who got together to discuss who among them had seen the ocean. None of them could say they had actually seen the ocean. Then one fish said, ‘‘I think my great grandfather had seen the ocean!’’ A second fish said, ‘‘Yes, yes, I...

We need a life beyond words

September 28, 2020

When we realise the futility of words, then we should know that our life is going deeper and we have started living. We live in words from morning till night. In this run of searching for purpose and purposefulness, we lose all purpose. It goes to such an extent that...

Meditation helps one see beauty within and outside

September 14, 2020

Often, we mistake pride for arrogance and those who have arrogance mistake it for pride. But there is a clear distinction. Arrogance is being insensitive. When there is no humility in pride, that pride turns into arrogance. When there is no awareness in pride, that pride turns into arrogance. When...

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