Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on beautiful
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar96 quotes“For external beauty, you put on things; for real beauty, you have to drop all things. For external beauty you have to have make-up; for real beauty you only have to realize that you are already made up.”
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What puts you on the road is your desire to enjoy. What brings you home is being in love.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one’s life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar If you are unhappy, even the moon irritates you, sweet things nauseate, music disturbs. When you are calm and centered inside, noise is musical, clouds are magical, rain is liquid love.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar When all doors are shut and you have nowhere to go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the beginning.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar When you are infinitely indebted for your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Love is giving everything and taking nothing.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar When you are infinitely indebted for your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Love combined with wisdom is bliss, and that is devotion. Devotion is a strong bond, a sense of belongingness. Everybody is born with it. It’s just like becoming a child again.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Real beauty is when you’re centered, when our mind is with the truth. That is how every baby is beautiful because they are centered.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don’t let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Don’t postpone your happiness until some perfect future date. Be happy now, tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Buried CaesarBuried Caesar The beautiful yet chaotic irony of it all is that; because of you, I lost myself, and yet, because of you, I found myself.
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