QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV

POSTED ON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2019

Q: Gurudev, I never feel like bringing chocolates, sweets, rakhis or flowers etc., for you. Do I not have the love for you?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Yes, that’s very good. You are wise. And you do have the love for me, I know. You recognize me when you do not bring all this. When people bring flowers to me it means to say, “Gurudev, you have yet to blossom more”.

When people bring sweets, they are giving me a message, “Gurudev, you have to be sweeter”. I think I am already sweet enough (laughter), so I do not need sweets, and I am blossomed and happy so I do not need flowers.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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WISDOM QUOTE BY GURUDEV

POSTED ON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2019

If you manipulate words it is a lie, if you play on words it is a joke, if you rely on words it is ignorance, if you transcend words it is wisdom.

~ Sri Sri

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WISDOM QUOTE OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR

POSTED ON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2019

Our misery is because we do not open our eyes and see the vastness of life. Misery means having a short vision. To get out of misery, take you eyes to the higher truth.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR

POSTED ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2019

Pravritti Nivritti

Life is a combination of Pravritti and Nivritti.

There are two attitudes that we have to pay attention to. One is, when we go inward, we say, ‘Everything is okay; anyway not a blade of grass moves without Divine intervention. God has kept us like this, so let it be.’

This is the attitude you must have when you have to go inward (Nivritti).

When you have to come out and work (Pravritti), then seek perfection in even small details. Whenever you see imperfection, you have to pay attention on how you can correct it. Find out ways to improve on all the things.

So while acting, see where you can bring improvement and what you can change. When you retire into meditation, say that everything is perfect; only then you can go inwards.

Usually when people close their eyes and go inward, they keep thinking, this is not okay and that is not okay and find fault in everything. They can neither mediate, nor be quiet. And in activity, people think everything is fine the way it is, why do we have to do anything about it?

Then, we are at a loss.

So when you are acting, see what it is that you can do, and when you have to retire then say, ‘Everything is fine.’ This attitude will help you go deep in meditation. This is the path of Nivritti – when you have to get establish within yourself.

When you are established within yourself then your capabilities, strengths, intellect and enthusiasm to work are all increased. When all this has arisen, then return to Pravritti (action) and work with awareness and enthusiasm. Not only with awareness or only with enthusiasm, both!

II JAI GURUDEV II

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QUESTION & ANSWER WITH GURUDEV

POSTED ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2019

Q: Gurudev, there are many young children who are aware and awake, and know that they are here for some important work. How do we support these gifted children?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Yes, there are many children who are telling their parents that my real home, my real family is in the ashram. Many children are saying these sort of things around the world; many have become vegetarians, isn’t it? How many of you have seen that? Many children like or love chanting.

Yesterday, I saw on a news channel in India that there was a child born to the royal family of Bhutan. He said, “I have come here after 828 years; I was a teacher and a student in Nalanda University, take me there.” And so they took the child from Bhutan to Bihar in India. The child was all dressed in a robe, looked like a monk; he could recall where he used to sit, what was there and everything around.

There are so many such incidents even in The Art of Living. One child in The Art of Living recently said, “I was a Rishi in the Himalayas, and now I have come.” He is a one and half year-old child; he calls my name so perfectly, “Gurudev”. He takes the rudraksha mala, puts it around and says, “This is the rudraksha mala!”

There are many such children. You will find this occurring more in Russia and Mongolia.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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WISDOM QUOTE BY GURUDEV

POSTED ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2019

People look at God as someone descending from heaven. In fact there is no heaven up there. If there is a heaven, it is right here, inside you.

~ Sri Sri

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WISDOM QUOTE OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR

POSTED ON: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2019

Before you judge someone else, first look to see how big a heart you have. See how much you can accommodate them, and how much you can influence them to change. This is what you need to look into.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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