When mind controls man, it’s … Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s…Yoga
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARNature loves you ten times more than a mother loves her newborn.
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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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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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.
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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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A 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.
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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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People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy.
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Nature loves you ten times more than a mother loves her newborn.
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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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Celebrate 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.
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If we sit deep in meditation, the glow within the body will brighten, and will expand and spread outside. That is Devi Puja.
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There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.
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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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Don’t focus on what others want. See what it is that you want. When you stop looking inside and look at others, that is when you miss the boat.
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When 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.
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Let the mind calm down and the heart start to open. Then everything will be very obvious.
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