ON THE PATH TO ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know our 5 fingers, all the 5 planets are there. Thumb indicates – victory (u win) right!! Who wins? One who fights… who fights? Commander in chief military (this is Mars) 2nd Finger (index finger) is Jupiter is Guru…its the indicator…when you want to show the way its like this… … Read more
I’ve spoken quite a bit on Mahavira, Recently we had Mahavira Jayanti also. Mahavir was contemporary of Buddha. Buddha spoke about emptiness, Mahavira spoke about Self. Buddha said there is no self, Mahavira said all that is, is Self. Mahavira never spoke, infact he sat in silence and in His presence people started getting knowledge. … Read more
The planet earth is one living organism. Earth which supports life itself has life. When an ant moves on your hand it thinks it is a rock, when it moves through the hair it is forest. An ants vision of you doesn’t give it an idea that you have life. Similarly only from a bigger … Read more
(Taken from one of the discourses of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar)Indian culture has always held the guru in a high esteem. Having a master was not just considered a matter of pride, but it was mandatory to have a guru. Not having a master was looked down upon as being an orphan, being poor … Read more
The first type is the seva done when you do not even know what you are doing it. You do not recognize it as seva because it is your very nature – you cannot help doing it! The second type is the seva that you do because it is needed for that situation. The third … Read more
