The things that happen to us do not matter; what we become through them does.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Faith. Faith that you can accomplish your destiny.

These three instructions, plus meditation, contain the only rule of life that any disciple needs: Detachment Realization of God as the Giver Unruffled patience As long as we fail in any one of these three, we still have a serious

When your mind is stress-free, calm, collected, happy, what you do is service (seva). ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Breathing exercises, pranayam, sudarshan kriya, and total devotion to the divine are tested methods to go beyond the chaos and conflicts of the thinking mind :-)

"The day you come to know that the Lord is within, you will be free from fear." ~ Swami Rama

Q: Guruji we have heard the terms spirituality and enlightenment so often. There are very abstract definitions of the terms. Would you please throw some light on these? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: (Jokingly) You want me to add more confusion to

Bhakti yoga is seeing the Divine as mine and oneself as belonging to the Divine, and all that exists belongs to the Divine. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

All courses, puja, bhajan, etc. are different toys to get you engrossed in divine love. That is the goal. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

जीवन की हर एक इच्छा के पीछे एक ही मांग है। आप यदि परख् कर देखो कि वो मांग क्या है, तो निश्चित रूप से मालुम पड़्ता है कि वह है ढा़ई अक्षर प्रेम क। सब कुछ हो जीवन में, पर प्रेम न हो, तब जीवन जीवन नहीं रह जाता। प्रेम हो, और कुछ हो या न हो, फिर भी