When mind controls man, it’s … Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s…Yoga
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARDon’t postpone your happiness until some perfect future date. Be happy now, tomorrow will take care of itself.
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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Meditation is the journey from sound to silence, from movement to stillness, from a limited identity to unlimited space.
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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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Favorable and unfavorable conditions are part of living but smiling through them all is the Art of Living.
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People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy.
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A plant has to be watered but when it grows into a tree, it is no longer necessary. Similarly, if the inner consciousness becomes stronger, all these vikaar (distortions) get erased. Vishranti vikar mita (Deep rest removes negativity). There is no rest deeper than meditation.
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Either a princess or a pauper can feel generous. Generosity is the quality of the spirit. When you feel generous your life becomes, abundant full of compassion and love.
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The Path of Love is not a tedious Path. It’s a Path of joy. It’s a Path of singing and dancing. It’s not a desert. It is a valley of flowers.
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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 giving everything and taking nothing.
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Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind.
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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.
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What path you choose is not important. How intensely you pursue that path is much more important.
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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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To grow in unconditional love and in beauty is spirituality.
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Love is giving everything and taking nothing.
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