Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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happiness is that of equanimity.
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environment day. If you win, you do not lose your head and if you lose, you
do not lose your heart.
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with Mother Earth. You keep your heart in the right place, your mind in the
right place and still be happy.
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It is like when you are asked to do some yoga, pranayama
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and meditation, you think it is so boring. Your mind
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says, (cid:2723)Better go for a party outside somewhere(cid:2723).
In the Bhagavad Gita, it is written that rajoguni
people pursue happiness by means of hard work, but
So in the beginning it may seem not so good, but once
the real happiness lies in meditation.
you start doing, your experience changes.
Does this mean that I should stop studying, and
It gives you such a high. How many of you have this
meditate all the time?
experience? (Many in the audience raise their hands)
Once you do it, you realize,(cid:2723)It is so good. I want to do it
S r i S r i R a v i S h a n k a r : N o , t h i s i s s o m e
again and again. It is better than going for a party(cid:2723). Is
misinterpretation.
not it?
Which translation did you read? Not at all. It is not
That happiness which in the beginning appears to be
like that.
difficult but in the end gives you lot of happiness, is
Rajoguni happiness is that which suddenly goes high satvik happiness.
and suddenly comes down. When someone gets a prize,
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Rajasik happiness, is one which brings you a lot of joy Who is The Handsome Soul ?
in the beginning, but later on it brings you disaster.
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In the beginning it gives you a little high, but later on
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destroys your body, mind and spirit.
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Tamasik happiness is one which only promises
H r i d a y e c h i t t a s a n g h a t t a d
happiness, but neither in the beginning nor in the end
drisyasvapadarshnam Essence: Immerse the mind in
gives any happiness.
the heart. Then you will always feel that what you see
belongs to you.
You are just caught up. Just like smoking.
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Smoking does not make you blissful, but people who
are addicted to it, can not leave it. 2
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And when they leave it, it gives them pain, even though
Essence: When you are absorbed in purity, a sense
doing it does not give them any great pleasure. This is a
of belongingness arises in you. Only when you feel
habit.
that everything is part of you can there be purity and
sacredness.
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A HIGHER STATE OF HAPPINESS If you win, Date:2014-06-07 / Poster:Art of Living Universe
do not lose your head, and if you lose, do not lose your
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heart in the right p;ace, you mind in the right place ShivaSutras-Sutra17
and still be happy. –SriSri
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you rest in your Self. You are strength! Your essence is
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strength.
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If you got this, it is really NOTHING, If you did not get
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this, never mind - this is nothing. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Vitarka atmajnanam Essence: Knowledge of the Self is 2
Gurudev, due to religious systems, people fight.
possible only through vitarka or special logic.
Religion was formed by God, so does God take the blame
for this quarrel?
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to fight, not just religion. Fools fight over caste, over
Lokananda samadhi sukham: Essence: The happiness language, over nationality.
of samadhi radiates waves of joy to the world.
They fight over anything. Be wise and rise above
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WittyWisdom
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In the progression of life, you will leave behind every
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experience saying, (cid:2723)This is nothing.(cid:2723)Anything that is
I tell you, deep inside you is a fountain of bliss, a
completed loses its importance.
fountain of joy.
That is to say it leads you to void - this is nothing.
Deep inside, your center core is truth, light, love; there is
no guilt there, there is no fear there. Sri Sri.
A sign of intelligence is how soon you arrive at this
understanding.
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DAILY SUTRA Your good friends have become your enemies?
Life is a combination of both. There are some things Is not it?
which are beyond your control.
Similarly, so many people who were unknown to us have
That is your destiny. Then there are things where you helped us at some point of time.
have a choice. That is free-will.
We may not have done anything for them, but they
If it’s raining outside, it is your destiny as you have no helped us out.
control over the weather. However, to be wet or remain
So friends or enemies are all a cause of our karmas.
dry is your free-will. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If our time is wrong, friends can become enemies, and if
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our time is right, enemies can turn into friends.
DAILY SUTRAS
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Everything is temporary; only the Self is permanent.
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Accept this with a smile, and meditate. Life is a combination of both. There are some things
which are beyond your control.
Then, strength from deep within you will arise - Sri Sri
That is your destiny. Then there are things where you
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Q: How do we cope with small minded people? That is free-will. If it is raining outside, it is your destiny
as you have no control over the weather.
Sri Sri : See, there are so many types of people in this
world. How many people do you know who have for no However, to be wet or remain dry is your free-will. - Sri
reason to become your enemies? Sri Ravi Shankar
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please tell me which one should we concentrate on, the
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path or the goal?
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Everything is temporary; only the Self is permanent.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Fix the goal and the path starts
Accept this with a smile, and meditate. Then, strength
opening up by itself. Be spontaneous! Do you remember
from deep within you will arise - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
the formula? Purity in the heart, clarity in mind and
sincerity in action.
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Q: Guruji, sometimes I get overconfident and
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How do I identify that what I am doing is wrong
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Sri Sri : You know, you should have some variety. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: There is something that pricks
you, (cid:2723)Oh no, I should not be doing this(cid:2723). That is
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adharma
times, right?
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confidence all the time you will forget to pray also.
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Nature has a good design. Gurudev, what should we do when someone in our
class teases us a lot? Should we scold, shout or hit them
back?
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2 Even though we keep calm, they keep teasing us.
In the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna advises that the path
which we choose is more important than the goal. So Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know, when someone teases
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you, you should laugh louder than them. Then you will are taker , then without knowledge, you are losing.
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They will say,(cid:2723)I am making fun of you and you are
laughing?(cid:2723) You should clap and say, (cid:2723)Yes, you are so 2
Q: Gurudev, How do we stop animal slaughter
funny.
Gurudev?
Why do not you tell me nice things like this every
Sri Sri We need to stop it with the help of laws. Some
day?(cid:2723)
countries do not have the legal system backing them for
Just say this once and see how they react. See suppose this.
they make the same comments about someone else, will
People should also be more aware. When India got its
you laugh or not?
independence, there were 120 crore cows and 30 crore
So think that they are making fun of someone else and people in the country.
laugh louder than them. Got it?
Today there are 20 crore cows and 120 crore people. So
the ratio is now 1:5.
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Dispassion brings abundance.
So if cows reduce at such a rate, very soon milk will be
When everything is in abundance, dispassion
something we can only read about in books, and not be
happens. And when dispassion is there, everything
able to see or drink milk at all.
comes in abundance. –SriSri
People will have to imagine this white liquid which at
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stories about milk, but not be able to drink it.
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If you are a giver , you are all ways winning. If you
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want our country to progress, this is essential. All of
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You are in the right place. Keep
you must work towards this.
doing these things; asanas, pranayama, meditation will
Talk to people in your respective villages.I am sure our (cid:69)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:191)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:17)
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this.
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Date:2014-06-07 / Poster:I love Sri Sri When your mind is not steady, your
desires keep changing.
Q: Guruji, if a boy and a girl
You want something today, and
are getting married, should
tomorrow you desire something
horoscopes be matched or not?
else. See how many desires
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You
come up in your mind. If all
can match horoscopes, it is
of them are fulfilled, you
fine. If there is a match it
would be miserable. -Sri
is really good, but if the
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Just pray! Everything is
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acceptable.
In science you have
knowledge first, and then
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faith follows. In spirituality,
Punjab faith comes first, and then
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If we worry about whether we are
high or low, then we get trapped in a self- For example, the knowledge that
centred cycle which may lead to depression. Do pesticides and chemical fertilizers are good
some seva. for plants came through science, and people had faith in
it, and all over the world they were used.
Do your practice. There are so many people who need
you. Do some job. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar And then another knowledge came that they were not
good and the faith shifted to organic farming.
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The same with antibiotics. The knowledge brought faith,
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the knowledge changed, and then
Q: Gurudev, Why is it that only some people get
faith changed. The knowledge and faith of science is of
success in life even though everyone is working hard?
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: No, do not think that way. Like I
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said, two options, either you win or you make others win.
Like Kriya, Yoga, and meditation -- first you have
Do not lose your heart. Every one of us on this planet are
faith and then Knowledge follows. For example, if you
unique, so do not compare yourself with others.
do pranayama faithfully then you get the Knowledge
of the prana; if your do your meditation faithfully, the
You do not know how much capability you have. When it
Knowledge of consciousness follows. Even an illiterate,
will come to the surface, nobody knows.
through faith, attains deep Knowledge.
Do you know of Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the
Vinod: Human is the best composite material.
Hare Krishna movement?
(Laughter - this is the NASA scientist mind.)
He was an ordinary worker in some garment office. He
Punditji: Science considers even human as matter, and
retired at 60 and went into spirituality.
spirituality considers even earth as mother, even rivers
and mountains as living beings. Science regards life as He met a Guru and the Guru said, (cid:2723)Yes, you should go
matter and spirituality regards even matter as life. and spread Krishna’s message in the world(cid:2723).
At the age of 75, he travelled in a boat, went to New
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York and stayed in somebody basement and started
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Q: Can intuition be wrong?
Prabhupada was.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Then that is not intuition.
At that age, he made the Bhagvatam popular to
thousands of people.
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So nobody knows when what will come out of you. So
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do not underestimate yourself. You are very unique.
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You come to satsang, and do meditation, that itself says Q: Guruji, people sin in one life, why does God
a lot. It will bring such positive vibrations to you, and punish them in the next lives.
to the world.
Would not it be better to know the reason while you’re
being punished.
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2 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: There are many different types of
Q: Thousands of Art of Living volunteers worked
karma. Some things if you do today, it gives you result
hard to spread voter awareness in the country. So what
immediately. Suppose there is fire, and you keep your
project to pick up now?
hand in it, will it burn today or tomorrow? It will burn
now.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: The Happiness Program. We all
should create waves of happiness.
But if you sow a mango seed, for it to grow and give
fruit, how many years it will take? Six years.
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Six years later you get the fruit. And if you sow a
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jackfruit tree, it takes 10 years to give fruit.
Q: Are our emotions linked with age?
A gentleman puts an iron ore factory, it takes so many
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes.
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They are linked with hormones in the body and they
The real profit is enjoyed by his children. The one who
are also linked with time, age and so many other
struggled and toiled all his life to make the factory run
factors.
does not enjoy the fruits.
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