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GURU ONE LINER OF THE DAY

MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016

Q: Should I quit the membership of the church? (I belong to a Catholic Church).

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: That is your choice you can continue to be a member or if you do not feel like it, you can quit. It is your own choice. The issue is not whether you are a member or not.

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WISDOM QUOTE OF THE DAY

MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016

You have become so tired by doing something or the other all the time. Now just sit down for some time and be with yourself. Do some meditation. When you meditate, you will start seeing a new world in front of you. You get deep rest in meditation. You get rest when you are content, and this rest is what gives rise to Happiness. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

Expressing Love the Right Way
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Love and admiration too can become a burden. When this happens, people try to unburden themselves by running away from it. Many love marriages have fallen apart because of this only. One partner expresses too much love towards the other, and the other is not able to handle it. The other person then feels like running away. And they do run away!

How many people have seen this happen? (Many raise their hands) We shouldn't talk too much about love because it is inexpressible, actually!

I feel that we should take a middle path; express a little, but not too much. Do express, but you don’t express so much that you start with, ‘I can’t live without you’, and then later you say, ‘I can’t stand you.’

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GURU PUNCH OF THE DAY

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

It is alright to be angry, but only for a few seconds or a few minutes. But, if it surpasses days and months, it is disastrous. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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QNA WITH SRI SRI

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

Q: I have told my boss that I have faith in the Bhagavad Gita. So, when I work for him, I work without expecting any fruits for my actions. Since then my boss has stopped paying my salary. What should I do? Was that a mistake?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: I don’t think it was because of the Bhagavad Gita. You may not have worked properly! You might have been chanting in your work place, or did not work at all. I have to hear the other side of the story as well my dear, before I give you any verdict. I cannot give a one-sided verdict.

Just because you are reading the Bhagavad Gita and saying that you do not expect any fruits for your actions is not a reason for not paying you for sure. You must not have used your brains when it should have been used. You must not have followed the Bhagavad Gita and simply read it. You may not have been skilful.

What does the Bhagavad Gita say, “Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam” (yoga is excellence at work). It is an open secret that when you are a subordinate and tell your boss that he is wrong, no matter however right you are, that’s it! You will get the final order. So you have to be skilful in expressing it.

You can say that I feel like this but you know better. Just saying the last part, you know better, not with a different tone but in the right tone will help you. The whole thing is about skill in communication.

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GURU ONE LINER OF THE DAY

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

Q: How to achieve excellence while following the middle path?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It will happen. Your intention is enough. Main thing is Sadhna (Practices and self effort), next is awareness, and third is - no feverishness.

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