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  1. Take The First Step Boldly

    A family dominated by a woman is much happier than a family dominated by a man! Do you know why? When men dominate, women become unhappy, and when women are unhappy, they make everyone around them unhappy! Then nothing can make them happy! So, it is bette ...
  2. Present Moment The Doorway To Wisdom

    Gurudev, are you happy? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: How do I look? Do I look happy? I’m very happy that you are all here. You have traveled from so far away; took so much trouble to come here, how can I not be happy? You have all come from all over the world, s ...
  3. During the Sandhya Vandanam, we say, ‘I am the Brahman’. But after it, we bow down to the directions. What is the meaning of this?

    See, it is all an exercise to keep the mind free, that’s all. We bow down to all the directions, that is the way we get our mind free from all that bugs that bother our mind. So if you like it, do it, if you don’t like it, then don’t d ...
  4. It is said in the Vedas, knowledge came from Hayagriva, the man with a face of a horse. What is the significance of horse in the scriptures?

    Horse is called Ashwa. Shwa means yesterday or tomorrow. Ashwa means now. So the word 'now' in Sanskrit, is the same as horse. That one word, Ashwa has two meanings: 1. Now or the present ...
  5. Gurudev, are you happy?

    How do I look? Do I look happy? I’m very happy that you are all here. You have traveled from so far away; took so much trouble to come here, how can I not be happy? You have all come from all over the world, spending so many hours on the flight. I ...
  6. During the Sandhya Vandanam, we say, ‘I am the Brahman’. But after it, we bow down to the directions. What is the meaning of this?

    See, it is all an exercise to keep the mind free, that’s all. We bow down to all the directions, that is the way we get our mind free from all that bugs that bother our mind. So if you like it, do it, if you don’t like it, then don’t d ...
  7. It is said in the Vedas, knowledge came from Hayagriva, the man with a face of a horse. What is the significance of horse in the scriptures?

    Ashwa. Shwa means yesterday or tomorrow. Ashwa means now. So the word 'now' in Sanskrit, is the same as horse. That one word, Ashwa has two meanings:1. Now or the present moment ...
  8. Gurudev, are you happy?

    How do I look? Do I look happy? I’m very happy that you are all here. You have traveled from so far away; took so much trouble to come here, how can I not be happy? You have all come from all over the world, spending so many hours on the flight. I ...
  9. Learn To Smile Through It All

    The lyrics of the song ‘Ishwar Basa’ is so beautiful, that the Divine is permeating every particle of this Universe. How to experience this in every moment of my life? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Drop this ‘every moment’. Some things you should take for granted ...
  10. What is the role of mosquitoes on the spiritual path?

    Distraction. They are so jealous of mediators because they couldn't meditate in their past life! They are the fallen yogis. They are so jealous that you have became a good yogi. ...