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 SHANKARLet your smile change the world! Never let the world change your smile!
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind.
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Why can’t we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives.
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When someone is drowning in the ocean of attachments, Surrender is the life jacket they can put on and wait for the rescue team
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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.
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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.
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When mind controls man, it’s … Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s…Yoga
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Life is a combination of destiny and free will. Rain is destiny; whether you get wet or not is free will!
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Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.
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The quality of our lives depends on the quality of our minds.
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Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
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Your richness is on your ability to share and not in how much you have.
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Don’t postpone your happiness until some perfect future date. Be happy now, tomorrow will take care of itself.
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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.
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Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you’ll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life.
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Foolishness is giving up without any effort or not giving up after putting in all your effort. Secret of freedom is putting all your effort and giving up!
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