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Courage To Do The Right Thing
(Below is a continuation of the post Spread The Sweetness Of Joy Around) Dear Gurudev, can an atheist get liberated? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Absolutely yes! But he should remove the label ‘I am an atheist’. If he is a ‘nobody’, he can get liberated. If you ... -
Dear Gurudev, what is the lesson to be drawn from the Chennai flood, especially for the corporate houses and professionals?
Well, the analysis will take a long time. I was told that the flood gates were not opened at the right time, they waited till the last minute. The concerned authorities were scared to take permission from the Chief Minister to open the gates. Th ... -
Dear Gurudev, can an atheist get liberated?
Absolutely yes! But he should remove the label ‘I am an atheist’. If he is a ‘nobody’, he can get liberated. If you simply say, "I don’t know whether there is some other power or not, I have no idea&quo ... -
Spread The Sweetness Of Joy Around
There are four levels of communication - para, pashyanti, madhyama and vaikari. Para is that level of communication which is beyond comprehension; where there is no duality, there is no two. Today, our Art Excel teachers conducted the Intuition Process ... -
Dear Gurudev, do natural calamities happen because all the people in that area share the same karma, or is it because of staying in that specific place also?
Yes, there is karma of space and time also. There is individual karma, family karma, society karma and the karma of space and time. This is why karma is considered so deep and vast. If you get into the analysis of karma, it is a big headache. So don' ... -
Dear Gurudev, failures in life are opportunities for improvement. Can you please share any such experience in your own life?
I haven’t been in a situation where I have to lament over failures, nor have I ever had to say sorry for having done some mistakes because it has never happened so far. Touch wood! I don’t think there is any chance for it to happen in the fu ... -
Dear Gurudev, I put the alarm at 4 a.m. in the morning and after hearing the alarm, I switch it off and go to sleep again. This attitude of mine does not allow me to be systematic. How important is it on the spiritual path to get up early in the morning?
Have good sleep, and whenever you wake up, that time you sit and meditate. But for people undergoing the Teachers Training Program here, it is a different story! At least during the teachers training, these 15 days you have to do your Padmasadhana ... -
Taking The Decision To Retire
(Below is the continuation of the post Selfless Service Is The Key To Joy) My children have gone abroad for higher studies and I am now alone at home. I often do not know what to do, and feel a sense of emptiness. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: See, until now, you ... -
Gurudev, yesterday you spoke at length about Lord Ganesha. It is said that Lord Ganesha has two wives or consorts: Riddhi and Siddhi. What is the significance behind this?
In our country, we see this with a great deal of symbolism. Riddhi (intelligence) and Siddhi (extraordinary abilities) always go hand in hand with knowledge. A wife is one who is always with you in every aspect. So Riddhi and Sid ... -
In the Upanishads it is said that knowledge liberates you and brings moksha, while in the Shiva Sutras you have mentioned that “Jnanam bandhaha” (knowledge can bring bondage). What knowledge can bring bondage and what is that knowledge that can bring liberation?
Different knowledge points are spoken at different times and in different contexts. There is a different context to every knowledge. You need to understand that and see it in totality, rather than understanding each in isolation. Whatever knowle ...