Search results

  1. Sri Sri Drives Debate In Norwegian Parliament Towards Peace Building Rather Than Divisiveness

    ​Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, The Art of Living successfully concluded his European tour starting from the terror-affected France, Poland, Sweden and ending it in Norway as he reached out to thousands of Europeans at various fora such as prestigi ...
  2. The Only Way To Beat Loneliness

    How 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 ...
  3. When will people around us recognize the significance of the subtle, unseen, yet powerful energy?

    I think the world is waking up slowly; they have woken up quite some bit from where they were before. A few decades back, it was so hard to talk to people about the unseen, ethereal reality. But today, it seems much easier. People seem to get it. Anyway ...
  4. Dear Gurudev, is this real or is the worldly family that awaits me real?

    For now, this is real, and tomorrow that is real! This real helps you to deal with that real. (Applause from the audience) And when that real appears to be very difficult, remember you had another level of reality in which you lived, and ...
  5. Dear Gurudev, what is the significance of different shlokas that you sing after meditation?

    It feels good, isn’t it that is the purpose. Infusing a little energy, and those seeds of wisdom uplift the consciousness because your consciousness knows this at a deeper level. Somewhere in our depth, we understand these chants, and in some unkn ...
  6. Dear Gurudev, could you please tell us the significance of the Canadian Ashram, why did you choose this place? Are there any historic links?

    When I spoke on the Ashtavakara Gita in India in 1990, sometime after that I told our people that I’ll come to Canada only when we have a place of our own. I gave it to them as a challenge, because until then we had been hiring venues here and the ...
  7. How to be happy when you are lonely?

    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 did you look at? No control, no obligation, nothin ...
  8. Being A Good Human Being

    Gurudev, 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 ...
  9. Gurudev, the Vedic Wisdom course started today. We have come from all over the world. Please tell us what is the principle of Vedic Wisdom?

    It is amazing to see how much wisdom has been there in the past. From the Vedic Wisdom program, you will get a little glimpse of the various aspects of life and tattvas, i.e., the principles and the natural laws that govern the universe. That is ...
  10. Gurudev, how to deal with growing up and becoming an adult?

    Know that it is a tough time, and it will pass. Many concepts will come; every day you will find different concepts crumbling down. When these concepts keep crumbling down, you often experience vacuums. It is the vacuums that create restlessness and con ...