Monday, 6 April 2026

KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR


KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted on: Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Secret of material prosperity & spiritual blossoming

Sri Sri explains the significance of yagyas (pujas) performed during the ongoing festival of Navratri

There are three levels of existence - Outer world, subtle world of different energies and Divinity or God. All the yagnas being performed here aim to achieve both spiritual and material benefits. When you go deep inside yourself, from where everything has come from, you experience the Supreme Peace. Only when you are in deep meditation, these mantras have effect. These are very powerful and beautiful and enrich the subtle creation. We are so fortunate to be able to be a part of this.

There are pundits from all Vedas, and they will chant mantras. It is happening from thousands of years. These are done to benefit the whole world. We have gathered here as one body, one mind and one spirit, totally immersed in what is happening. Even if we don’t know the meaning, we know these are doing something good at subtle levels of our life, and for the whole mankind.

The intellect may not understand but the subtle body understands the depth. And the vibrations that are produced are doing good to all the subtle layers of existence. This energy creates benevolence, benefits the whole mankind, washes away our bad karma, promotes harmony in the world and desires get fulfilled. Desires get fulfilled when there is strength in the subtle. These bring us close to self- realization and also to achieve success in the world.

As one body, one mind, established in the Ultimate Truth, fulfilling your worldly duties and relax in the depth of peace. Immerse in this love and devotion with the feeling that everything is happening well, everything is being done for you. Like corn – when it is little warmed, it becomes pop-corn. In the same way, consciousness is all Divinity, and with the chanting of mantras, it blossoms and manifests. This is a beautiful occasion for letting the consciousness to blossom. Om Shanti! (Let there be peace)

II JAI GURUDEV II

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QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV


QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV
Posted on: Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Q: Gurudev, what is vairagya and how can I continue to live in it?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Let us take vairagya to mean contentment. Whenever you are content, that is vairagya. If you have had a full meal, and someone brings more food, you will say, "No I am full", that is vairagya. You cannot exist without vairagya. Just as you breathe in, at some point, you have to breathe out. Breathing in is raga, passion, and breathing out is vairagya, dispassion. Breathing in is passion and breathing out is dispassion, and both are essential in life.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

 

WISDOM QUOTE OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR


WISDOM QUOTE OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted on: Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Love is said to be Anirvachaniya -that which is beyond words, or which cannot be expressed completely through words.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Sunday, 5 April 2026

KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR


KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted on: Monday, April 6, 2026

The Paradox Of Sacrifice

All the scriptures of the world glorify sacrifice. What is sacrifice?

It is giving up something that you value. You can only sacrifice that which you would like to keep for yourself; in other words, that which gives you pleasure and joy. You cannot sacrifice something that you dislike or disown. Sacrifice is always related to a higher cause for a greater good. At the same time, when your love for the greater good is so strong, nothing else assumes any value. Sacrifice here becomes irrelevant, because love alone is your strongest driving force. So when there is so much love there cannot be sacrifice. At the same time when there is no love, there is no sacrifice.

For example, if a mother has made plans to see a movie and she realizes that her child is sick, she does not say that she has sacrificed the movie to nurse her child, because she simply did not want to go. Nothing else seems to charm the mother besides being with her child.

You do not sacrifice something for someone you are in love with. Sacrifice indicates that your pleasure has more value than the cause for which you are sacrificing. When the love is lukewarm, then sacrifice assumes meaning. Yet sacrifice purifies the human mind and reins in selfish tendencies. It can also bring pride, arrogance, self-pity and sometimes even depression.

You can sacrifice only that which you value. For a wise man nothing is more valuable than truth, values and the Divine, and he will never sacrifice those. God is the greatest, and if he values the greatest then how can he sacrifice God? This is the paradox of sacrifice.

II JAI GURUDEV II

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QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV


QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV
Posted on: Monday, April 6, 2026

Q: Guruji, Why is everyone different and not the same?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Why should everyone be the same?

If we will feed you only potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and that too, the same preparation of potato, will you like it?

Why do you wear different colours of clothes? You should wear the same clothes every day, like the military people. Would you like it? No, isn’t it? That is why there are so many different types of people on the planet, because nature loves diversity.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

 

WISDOM QUOTE OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR


WISDOM QUOTE OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted on: Monday, April 6, 2026

Violent games that kids play should be done away with. They should be given more sensitivity towards life, towards animals and towards people.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

http://quotesfromsrisriravishankar.blogspot.com/

 

Saturday, 4 April 2026

KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR


KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
Posted on: Sunday, April 5, 2026

Wake up and Transcend

The foolish one uses the spiritual power to gain material comfort.
An intelligent one uses the material world to rise high in the spirit.
When you transcend the intellect you allow yourself to be used by the spirit.

One who is awake neither uses anything nor loses anything.
Become intelligent, transcend and wake up.

II JAI GURUDEV II

https://knowledgesheetsbygurudev.blogspot.com/