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How can one become a better leader?
Be a good follower first. If you have to be a better teacher, you have to be a good student first. If you wish to be a good businessman, you need to learn to be a good customer first. Then you will know what a customer needs, and how a customer should b ... -
How can one become a better leader?
Be a good follower first. If you have to be a better teacher, you have to be a good student first. If you wish to be a good businessman, you need to learn to be a good customer first. Then you will know what a customer needs, and how a customer should b ... -
Gurudev, this year there was a drought in Chhattisgarh.
The drought could be because we have not taken proper care of the rivers there. We need to attend to the needs of the farmers there and also take care of the environment at all times.When we neglect the environment then there are natural disasters -
An Ideal Situation
(As Gurudev enters, the Satsang begins with devotees from the state of Chhattisgarh adorning Gurudev with a beautiful traditional dress and headgear at the end of a special Advanced Meditation Program) This is all so beautiful! I think we will have to get ... -
Feel The Helping Hand
There are some people who believe that they are always right. They somehow convince themselves that whatever they do is always right, and so they don’t learn anything from their experiences and repeat the same mistakes.There are also some people who think ... -
When I look at someone who is going through suffering, I feel pity for them. Is it bad to feel that way?
See you have no control over it. This compassion arises spontaneously, isn't it, then why do you have to label it good or bad? It’s okay, whatever feeling comes at that moment, that’s it. But don’t simply act on your feelings. See ... -
Gurudev, I have come for my teachers training program and all my friends think that now that I have come to the Guru, I will go away from them, and I also have a little fear that I might lose the connection with my family and friends.
Here, connections are only strengthened, never broken. Tell them that we will bring all of them also here. Tell them not to worry. Yes if there are any bad habits in your friend circles, then that will definitely break away. If they were drinking with y ... -
Gurudev, as an extension to what this gentleman said, with regards to the floods in Tamil Nadu and the climate change, some people say this is man-made. If it is man-made, can we do something to change the climate change? What is the message for people like us?
Yes, use green energy. Use more solar power, unnecessarily don’t travel in cars, use resources judiciously, save water and plant more trees. ... -
I went to Chennai to volunteer for flood relief and I knew that you would be there to help even before I reached. They had predicted heavy rains and floods but there were just light showers, and I could easily help out.
They had predicted that there would be thunderstorms. In fact, normally in Chennai, people do pujas asking for rain, but this time we had to do puja for no more rain. In Coimbatore also, they predicted heavy rains but they had good sunshine. You know, < ... -
How do I remember God or Guru all the time, and not only when I am in pain?
See, when you are happy, then you be grateful and remember God, and when you are unhappy, you naturally remember God as you want to get rid of your misery. These are the two occasions when your prayer is very authentic: when you are totally grateful ...