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  1. Effort and prayer both are essential in life

    Mahasatsang at Udaipur Being human beings, we all have some responsibilities and some needs. If we sit and make a note of our responsibilities and our needs, and if we find that our needs are more than our responsibilities, then life will lead to misery. I ...
  2. Life becomes worth living when we are of use to somebody

        Islamabad, Pakistan (Gurudev visits Pakistan after seven years. Gurudev reinstates his message of 'One World Family' and embraces the people of Pakistan, 'I feel so nice here; the people are so beautiful and so nice.' He added, 'We need to create a new ...
  3. A person whose mind is turned outward can never attain God

    Mahasatsang at Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh When you go to a shop to buy something, it comes with a package. It is packaged. This packaging is essential, but it is not the substance. It is the substance which is packed.Similarly, formalities are just a package. ...
  4. We need to wipe out ignorance

    Mahasatsang at Indore, Madhya Pradesh Whatever I wanted to say Shivraji has already said it all. Once hearts are connected, there is nothing left to say. Still, I will tell everybody to stay ‘In door’. There is only a slight difference in English between ...
  5. Most of what we convey to people is simply by our presence

    (Satsang commenced with bhajans by a group of singers followed by an inspiring discourse by Poojya Swami Chidananda Saraswatiji.) Poojya Swamiji has already spoken on what the mystery of life - the Art of Living is. Swamiji is so simple, he changed his sch ...
  6. All foolish people are there in the world to make you skillful

    Dear Guruji, in the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna says, ‘Bow down to me, I will free you. Follow Me!’ and a common man is also caught up in the ‘me’ and ‘mine’! So how is Krishna different from us? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: One is the person who is capable of taking t ...
  7. Peace is the first step to equip yourself to face problems

    What are the different types of Yagya and what is the importance of Yagya in one’s life? Which Yagya is the best? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Dhyan Yagya, Japa Yagya, Dravya Yagya - all these are called Yagya. So among all these, Dhyan Yagya is best – meditation ...
  8. Be contented with whatever comes to you

    Gurudev, please talk about gratitude. You have said that the more gratitude we have the more grace flows into our lives. How do I become more grateful every day? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: First of all drop this more. More devotion, more gratitude, more joy, mo ...
  9. You will have to bear the fruits of your actions

    Here, in the Ashram today, somebody stole seven sandalwood trees. The trees were cut down and stolen between one and four in the morning from our Veda Pathshala (Vedic school), where the Veda students study. So, the Ashram authorities were very disturbed t ...
  10. The Art of Living Happi­ness Pro­gram- Die Kunst, glücklich zu sein

    Lernen Sie zu meditieren an nur zwei Tagen mit der Atemtechnik Sudarshan Kriya. Aus älteren Abhandlungen ist bekannt, dass Meditation und Yoga nicht nur spürbar das Stress-Level senken, sondern auch Depressionen und Rückenschmerzen lindern, sowie das Risi ...