What really perturbs you? Isn’t it the foolishness that goes on around you?
It is foolish to be perturbed by the foolishness. Foolishness cannot overpower or annihilate wisdom nor does the foolishness stay all the time. When you are not well-founded in wisdom, then foolishness perturbs you, throws you out of balance. When you create space for foolishness you do not get perturbed by it, rather you will laugh and move on. Otherwise you hate, get angry or become stressed by foolish acts.
When you know that truth is eternal and invincible you take foolishness as a joke and remain unmoved by it. Those who are averse to foolishness or get irritated by it are members of the fools club.
Beware! Do not sign up.
- Sri Sri
|| Jai Guru Dev ||
It is foolish to be perturbed by the foolishness. Foolishness cannot overpower or annihilate wisdom nor does the foolishness stay all the time. When you are not well-founded in wisdom, then foolishness perturbs you, throws you out of balance. When you create space for foolishness you do not get perturbed by it, rather you will laugh and move on. Otherwise you hate, get angry or become stressed by foolish acts.
When you know that truth is eternal and invincible you take foolishness as a joke and remain unmoved by it. Those who are averse to foolishness or get irritated by it are members of the fools club.
Beware! Do not sign up.
- Sri Sri
|| Jai Guru Dev ||
Not just money, whatever supports life is wealth
A group of Teacher's Training Participants from Haryana perform a dance.
Q: Why does everyone want to meet you?
Sri Sri: I don't know It happens like this. The soul communicates with each other.
Sri Sri: I don't know It happens like this. The soul communicates with each other.
Q: Today a big population has turned vegetarian. Thirty years ago you could hardly find vegetarianism outside India. Why is it so?
Sri Sri: Today, it is different. Tell everybody to be friends with animals. Once you are friends, you don’t eat them. Like you don't use your pets as food. Once you cultivate a relationship, you do not eat it. Cultivate the habit of befriending all the species and this is the way of turning the world, vegetarian.
Sri Sri: Today, it is different. Tell everybody to be friends with animals. Once you are friends, you don’t eat them. Like you don't use your pets as food. Once you cultivate a relationship, you do not eat it. Cultivate the habit of befriending all the species and this is the way of turning the world, vegetarian.
Q: What to do when desires arises in mind?
Sri Sri: When desires arise just see whether it is beneficial for you or not. When desires come up and pass through the intellect, then it is good. If it is just an unqualified desire, it could cause problems.
Sri Sri: When desires arise just see whether it is beneficial for you or not. When desires come up and pass through the intellect, then it is good. If it is just an unqualified desire, it could cause problems.
Q. How to get over habits?
Sri Sri: To get over habits, there are three options If someone gives you a temptation: Suppose you stop this bad habit for 10 days you will get 10 lakhs of rupees. Then you will do it. Something higher than your habit can create greed in you. Or if someone creates fear in you, eg. A doctor says if you drink, you will spoil your liver. Then you can get over your habit. The third way is through love.
Sri Sri: To get over habits, there are three options If someone gives you a temptation: Suppose you stop this bad habit for 10 days you will get 10 lakhs of rupees. Then you will do it. Something higher than your habit can create greed in you. Or if someone creates fear in you, eg. A doctor says if you drink, you will spoil your liver. Then you can get over your habit. The third way is through love.
Q. How to get over bad attitude of anybody?
Sri Sri: People are bad because there is some stress Once they get onto the path of sadhana, they can come out of it.
Sri Sri: People are bad because there is some stress Once they get onto the path of sadhana, they can come out of it.
Q. What is wealth?
Sri Sri: What does wealth mean? Not just money, whatever supports life is wealth. In Scandinavia, people thirst for the sun. When I had gone there in winter, it was dark like it’s here now. When I asked someone, ‘When will the sun rise?’ They said, ‘In January. That is wealth for them.
Sri Sri: What does wealth mean? Not just money, whatever supports life is wealth. In Scandinavia, people thirst for the sun. When I had gone there in winter, it was dark like it’s here now. When I asked someone, ‘When will the sun rise?’ They said, ‘In January. That is wealth for them.
Today there is a need for a spiritual wave in society. Spiritual wave just means where people feel connected to each other When belongingness increases, corruption decreases
Q. What is Samadhi?
Sri Sri: There are different types of Samadhi.
1 Laya Samadhi - Just listening to music you dive deep
2 Sakshi Samadhi - Mindful awareness
If you do too much, that also is not good. That is why one should sit with a teacher and take guidance.
Sri Sri : When somebody leaves the body we realize the magnitude of life. A person, who was there, is no more. It brings a depth to life One starts wondering - what is life? Where did the person go? It gives a depth to life, there is no point in brooding. Yes, tears, come you don’t need to suppress them. But there is no need to brood over it.
In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna talks about all the good qualities. And then He adds that they are already in you. Negative qualities have come because of company etc. You don't need to get positive qualities. Just like in an atom, the core is positive and the negativity is peripheral If you feel that deep inside you is sorrow or anger then you can never get rid of it. Don’t ever think deep inside you is sorrow or anger. Modern psychology sometimes says this sorrow is deep inside you. It’s wrong. They know nothing about consciousness. Negativity is not skin deep. Know that it’s not in the core.
5 ways to healthy living....
If you think having a perfect state of health is a Herculean task, think twice. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tells us how simple things can do wonders for the quality of our life For a perfect state of health, one has to be mentally calm, steady and emotionally soft. This is not an easy state to attain in today's fast-paced life. There are two ways to manage our stress levels. We can cut down our mental and physical workload. Alternatively, we can increase our energy levels. Rejuvenate and recharge yourself by following these five simple steps:
1. Know about yourself We need to know a little bit about the layers of our existence - body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, ego and the self. It helps one to live in the present moment, and cope with life. Take a week off every year, like one takes a car for servicing. During that time, align oneself with nature, wake up at sunrise, practice yoga, eat proper food and spend some time creatively like singing.
2. Make meditation a part of life Meditation gives one a deep rest. Deeper one is able to rest, more dynamic will one be in activity. For holistic health, meditation is the key. Meditation is a mind without agitation, hesitation and anticipation and a mind which is in the present moment.
3. Learn about breath Breathing is life. Yet neither at school, nor at home, have we been taught the importance of breathing. If we can understand the power of the breath, we can have a say over our thoughts, our feelings. We can control anger and negative moods.
4. Eat right For a healthy body and to control our emotions, thoughts and actions, we need to observe what we eat. It is said 'Jaisaannwaisamann' (As is the food, so is the mind). The kind of food we eat has a definite impact on our body and mind. Fresh food, fruits and some vegetables have more prana (life force energy), and frozen and canned food has very little prana. Fresh food brings ideal nourishment, promotes vigor, vitality, endurance and longevity.
5. Make time for yourself Everyday we are engaged in only gathering information and we do not take out time for ourselves - to think and reflect. Then we feel dull & tired. Few quiet moments are the source of creativity. Silence heals and rejuvenates and gives one depth and stability. Sometimes during the day, sit silently for a few minutes, keep your eyes closed, and kick the world away like a ball! Meditation is the key to holistic health.
1. Know about yourself We need to know a little bit about the layers of our existence - body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, ego and the self. It helps one to live in the present moment, and cope with life. Take a week off every year, like one takes a car for servicing. During that time, align oneself with nature, wake up at sunrise, practice yoga, eat proper food and spend some time creatively like singing.
2. Make meditation a part of life Meditation gives one a deep rest. Deeper one is able to rest, more dynamic will one be in activity. For holistic health, meditation is the key. Meditation is a mind without agitation, hesitation and anticipation and a mind which is in the present moment.
3. Learn about breath Breathing is life. Yet neither at school, nor at home, have we been taught the importance of breathing. If we can understand the power of the breath, we can have a say over our thoughts, our feelings. We can control anger and negative moods.
4. Eat right For a healthy body and to control our emotions, thoughts and actions, we need to observe what we eat. It is said 'Jaisaannwaisamann' (As is the food, so is the mind). The kind of food we eat has a definite impact on our body and mind. Fresh food, fruits and some vegetables have more prana (life force energy), and frozen and canned food has very little prana. Fresh food brings ideal nourishment, promotes vigor, vitality, endurance and longevity.
5. Make time for yourself Everyday we are engaged in only gathering information and we do not take out time for ourselves - to think and reflect. Then we feel dull & tired. Few quiet moments are the source of creativity. Silence heals and rejuvenates and gives one depth and stability. Sometimes during the day, sit silently for a few minutes, keep your eyes closed, and kick the world away like a ball! Meditation is the key to holistic health.
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