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What Really is Sin?
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Learn To Look Beyond) He continues further by saying, 'Iccha-dvesha-samutthena dvandva-mohenabharata. Sarva-bhutanisammohamsargeyantiparantapa'. (7.27) When someone is caught up in Raaga (intense cravi ... -
To What Extent Is Idol Worship Acceptable?
Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, my question is about idol worship in the Hindu religion. Christians don’t have churches everywhere. Mosques and Gurudwaras are also not everywhere. Then why do Hindus have temples everywhere? Under every tree and in every cor ... -
You Can Only Give What You Already Have
Bangalore, India Gurudev, you said there is freedom in giving away your rights, and nobody can take away what is yours. Now, if somebody takes away my rights to something, should I just wait believing that it is mine and it will come back to me, or should ... -
Other Graduate Programs
Blessings Program "That state when you don't want anything... then the blessings that flow out are bound to materialize."- Gurudev The ... -
Are You Over Analysing?
Bangalore, India Many times we analyse ourselves too much. We keep thinking, this is happening to me, that is not happening; . or I want this, and I want that; or what I did there was so wrong, what I did here was right, etc. We get so entangled into too m ... -
Learn To Look Beyond
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Everything Is An Expansion Of That One) Lord Krishna says, ‘Sa taya shraddhaya yuktas tasyaradhanam ihate. Labhate cha tathah kaman mayaiva vihitan hi tan’. (7.22) Whatever we receive in life is because ... -
What Is Swadharma?
Bangalore, India Gurudev what is Swadharma, and how do I know what is my Swadharma? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Swadharma is that action which is in accordance with your nature. It is acting in accordance with your skills and talents, your own nature (svabhava), ... -
Bananas To Bliss
Bangalore, India Gurudev, what is your message that we should take back home? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Listen, this is like coming to a super market and asking, ‘What is it that I should take back home?’ (Laughter) What do you think the staff will say? They ... -
Everything Is An Expansion Of That One
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post After Several Lifetimes) Today is Shankara Jayanti. It is Shri Adi Shankaracharya’s birthday (the greatest Guru of the Advaita school of Indian philosophy). Adi Shankaracharya propagated the teachings o ... -
After Several Lifetimes
Bangalore, India (Below is a continuation of the post Removing Fear) Lord Krishna says, ‘Tesham jnani nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir vishishyate. Priyo hi jnanino 'tyartham aham sa cha mama priyah. Udarah sarva evaite jnani tv-atmaiva me matam’. (7.17) Lord Krish ...
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