Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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A contemporary spiritual leader known for founding the Art of Living Foundation, which focuses on personal well-being and global peace through meditation and service. His teachings blend ancient wisdom with practical tools for stress relief, emotional balance, and humanitarian work. He emphasizes the importance of spirituality in daily life and has been a proponent of interfaith dialogue and social initiatives aimed at fostering global harmony.
Yazidis are facing the worst genocide of our times. They have been reduced from 23 million to 1 million.
Yoga is a study of life, study of your body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, and ego. Study of your inner faculties!
When people lose faith in the natural goodness of the human character, the lack of trust in spiritual goodness, that is one reason why corruption has become so widespread today.
Do not be feverish about success, if your aim is clear and you have patience to move towards it, nature will support you.
Meditation is the delicate art of doing nothing.
There is freedom when you realize that you are just a witness to all that is happening.
Make your home God's home and there will be light, love and abundance.
Our words are there to bless people and bring peace to the world.
In joy, in peace, in that soothing inner state, you will find happiness.
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.
Let my hands be of service to people. Let me earn wisdom through my hands. Let my hands do good work.
Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion.
Acceptance does not mean inaction; acceptance is actually acknowledging the present situation.
Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace.
Even stupid people have a role to play in your life. They make you wiser and more patient.
The Divine rejoices in your being happy. God, or the Creation, is so happy when you are happy. When you dance, sing, and jump up and down happily, that is true prayer, that is true meditation. Meditation is a fountain of joy, an ecstasy; and Divine enjoys that more. Divine is not fond of your suffering.
When you make Service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind and gives you meaning.
The entire universe is one whole, when you drop holding on to your limited boundaries, then what you gain is the entire universe.
Favorable and unfavorable conditions are part of living but smiling through them all is the Art of Living.
Suffering is a product of limited knowledge.
