Being unconditionally happy is a practice: “Come what may, today I’m going to smile. Anyway, everything is going to die! Everything is going to vanish and disappear-so what! Who cares! Let me at least be happy, smile this moment, enjoy my very breath.”
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.
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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When mind controls man, it’s … Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s…Yoga
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If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.
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Favorable and unfavorable conditions are part of living but smiling through them all is the Art of Living.
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Every moment you spend on this planet, remember that you are here for a unique purpose & cause, far greater than to just eat, sleep & talk.
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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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Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.
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The quality of our lives depends on the quality of our minds.
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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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People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy.
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Let your smile change the world! Never let the world change your smile!
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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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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.
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We need to do a cleansing process within ourselves. In sleep we get rid of fatigue, but the deeper stresses remain in our body. Sudarshan Kriya cleanses the system from the inside. The breath has a great secret to offer.
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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.
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Nature loves you ten times more than a mother loves her newborn.
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