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Gurudev, what is the importance behind Anna-daan (donating food grains in charity)? Is there any special significance of doing Anna-daan on specially auspicious days such as Shivaratri, or Navratri?
See, the very first layer of our body is the Annamaya Kosha (the gross or outermost layer of the body nourished and sustained by food). Food affects the prana (subtle life force) and our prana has an effect on our mind. The mind is ... -
Gurudev, it has been 15 years since my father passed away, but I am still not able to forget him. I remember him a lot. What do I do to overcome this?
Why are you making efforts to forget him? It is okay to remember him. You do not need to do anything about this.Just like your father, there are thousands of fathers who will leave this world one day, and there are so many who have left, and there ... -
Gurudev, I am a soldier. Will doing sadhana reduce my zeal and enthusiasm?
No, not at all. In fact, doing sadhana will help you strengthen and maintain your enthusiasm and positivity. Do not think that by doing sadhana you will become passive and lose the will to fight. If that was the case, then why would the Bh ... -
Sharing Life's Abundance
(Below is a continuation of post How To Live In The Present) Gurudev, I am a soldier. Will doing sadhana reduce my zeal and enthusiasm? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: No, not at all. In fact, doing sadhana will help you strengthen and maintain your enthusiasm and p ... -
How To Live In The Present
It is possible to grasp the reality of the present moment totally only when you see everything that has happened in the past as a dream. When you discard everything that has happened until now as a dream, only then can you understand the truth of the pres ... -
How The Awareness Of Death Brings More Life
Time and life is such, it comes like a storm and swabs your mind. Let me put it this way: the negativity comes like a storm and takes over your mind and swabs you out. Hasn’t this happened to you? (Many in the audience raise their hands). It does happen. ... -
Feel Abundant This Dhantheras
"Happy Diwali to everyone! So today is Dhanteras, Diwali starts today. Dhanteras is where you feel abundance, you feel everything is there. From abundance, abundance grows. So everyone feel content and abundant. Walk with the feeling that whatever we ne ... -
Sri Sri's Message on Diwali
Our life is like a lamp. Just like a lamp needs oxygen to keep burning, the same is with our life. If you were to be locked up in a glass cage, then you would be able to survive only as long as there is oxygen in the cage. In the same way, if you cover a ... -
How to pray and what should I ask for in my prayers?
Prayer is something that no one needs to explain to you. Real fulfillment of prayer happens in two conditions:1. When you are desperate and totally helpless. When all doors are shut, and when all your efforts seem to be leading you nowhere, then y ... -
What is the difference between the physical form of Sadguru and the Guru Tattva, and how can I connect to it?
When you have asked a question, know that you are already connected to it. It means you have become an enquirer and you can enquire only because of the Guru Tattva. Got it?If someone is answering a question and claims that he is not a guru, and so ...