QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV

QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV

Posted on: Wednesday, January 7, 2026

 

Q: What is the ultimate and greatest truth of life? Is it to be happy, or to make one’s family happy, or to serve humankind, or to reach the Divine?

 

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

 

The ultimate journey starts with one step. Just do not sit and dream about the ultimate. Instead, begin your journey towards the ultimate.

 

Take small steps towards the Truth; towards this inquiry into life – “What is the goal of life?” This very inquiry can take you far. Everything has some significance in life.

 

Just eating alone is not the goal of life. Yet eating is essential for sustaining life. Isn’t it?

Similarly, sleeping is not the goal of life. But can you discard sleep altogether? No, you cannot. In the same way, you have to be happy and you also have to make others happy. This is the journey towards the Ultimate.

 

What is the ultimate Truth, or the ultimate purpose of life? I tell you, one who really knows will not tell you, and anyone who does tell you, simply does not know. That is the secret.

 

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar