When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one’s life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKARWant, 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.
More Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes
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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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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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Today is a gift from God – that is why it is called the present.
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Your richness is on your ability to share and not in how much you have.
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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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Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!
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When everything is in abundance, dispassion happens. And when dispassion is there, everything comes in abundance.
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Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
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We are always looking for solutions from someone else. We forget that if we turn our mind inward, we can get some ideas, some solutions.
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There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.
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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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When mind controls man, it’s … Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s…Yoga
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There is freedom when you realize that you are just a witness to all that is happening.
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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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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
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Nature loves you ten times more than a mother loves her newborn.
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Even if you win in ego it is a loss. Even if you lose in love it is a victory.
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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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Love is giving everything and taking nothing.
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Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.
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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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Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you.
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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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Don’t keep your head turned backwards. Look ahead and move on. You are trying to walk forward with your head turned backward. This is why you feel miserable. Just let go!
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Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.
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Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.
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