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Gurudev, you said that during shivaratri, the divine comes closest to this planet. Please elaborate.
No, it is not like that. The whole planet is the Divine. What I had said was that on Shivaratri, the Shiva Tattva touches the Earth, meaning the Shiva Tattva becomes so alive, and one is able to experience it much more strongly. The ... -
Dear Gurudev, when you come before me, then all the highest knowledge like that mentioned in the Ashtavakra Gita, Upanishads, Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, etc., all falls apart. Dispassion crashes into pieces and I become clueless. Why does this happen to me?
Good, you are lucky! (Laughter) People long for that to happen. Knowledge is like a detergent, it is there to purify you. After applying it, you must also wash it off. You do not say, 'I have bought an expensive soap which I have applied to m ... -
Gurudev, on what basis can I call myself as spiritual? Is the meaning of spirituality to go beyond the senses?
I tell you, you just declare that you are spiritual. There is no problem, and nobody will challenge you. Nobody can, for everyone is made up of spirit. It is the spirit in you which is speaking, which understands, which is perceiving and communicating, ... -
Gurudev, can you please tell me the exact purpose of shraddha (faith or devotion)?
Shraddha means loving the unknown. You know, you either love or do not love that which you already know about. Right? But if there is something you do not know, then you do not hate it, and you also have a choice to love it or not. Loving s ... -
Let It Be!
Tomorrow is Shivaratri, the celebration of the Transcendental Truth or reality; the only reality. Shivaratri is a celebration of the truth that is ultimate bliss (Satchidananda); the substratum of the whole creation, and also the essence of everything tha ... -
The Heart Sutra
(Below is a continuation of the post The Colors Of Life) Gurudev, how does knowledge of substances lead to enlightenment? Are all physicists enlightened? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know, a scientist once told me, 'Gurudev, for 40 years I have studied matte ... -
Gurudev, I am from the US and I am amazed by the devotion that Indians have. It is very inspiring. Can you please comment on how people from the west can cultivate this level of devotion?
Outer expression of devotion is very different from what one feels inside. Don’t think that the people in the west don’t have it. The west does have it.See, people are people. We are all the same, whether east, west, north, or south, w ... -
What is the meaning of Naimisharanya? I heard you had gone there?
Aranya means forest. Why forest? In a forest there is no fight or violence. Can you imagine, the name for forest is where there is no conflict and there is harmony? And that is how it is. In a forest, animals prey, and once their hunger is ... -
Gurudev, how does knowledge of substances lead to enlightenment? Are all physicists enlightened?
You know, a scientist once told me, 'Gurudev, for 40 years I have studied matter just to realize that it doesn’t exist'.The one thing that exists in the world is waves, which appears to be matter. If you are a quantum physicist, you ... -
Gurudev, today the documentary film based on Nirbhaya was released by BBC. Though the Indian Government tried to ban it, it has come out through various sources. The movie does project that Indian culture is backward with respect to women. What are your views on this?
I don’t give much importance to these movies because many of them are the imagination of the producer or director or script writers. You will always find, some will have one point of view and others will have another point of view. People are free ...