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 SHANKARWhen 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 SHANKARPeople search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAREvery emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you can change the emotion.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARLove is giving everything and taking nothing.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARReal 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 SHANKARA child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARYour richness is on your ability to share and not in how much you have.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARAccept 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.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARMind without agitation is meditation. Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no anticipation is meditation. Mind that has come back home, to the source, is meditation. Mind that becomes no mind is meditation.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARMisery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARFor success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARCelebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARWhen you judge others, look at yourself – You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn’t judge you. Who are you to judge?
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARWhen you move with this thought that ‘I want’, then the mind wanders. When you move with this thought that ‘I have received’, then you are content.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARFor 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.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARIf 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.
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