GREAT QUOTES
OF
SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR
(Dated : 11-Mar-2012)
Sri
Sri RaviShankar, the founder of the ART OF LIVING, needs no introduction.
His
efforts to bring different religions together in a harmonious atmosphere are always
astounding. Now – Guruji is visiting Pakistan for the same purpose. May his
efforts be strengthened by the Almighty – so that all children of God see the
God himself in all people.
I
have been covering his quotable quotes in this Blog periodically, for the
benefit of all disciples of Guruji (including me).
Here
are a few of his latest quotes.
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Complaints
take away the beauty that is inborn in you. For external beauty, you put on
things; for real beauty, you have to drop all things, including your
complaints. For external beauty, you have make-up; for real beauty, realize you
are already “made up”!
Ø
"There
is no conflict amongst people who know the truth. Ego creates war and makes it
worse. Wars are won through peace." Sri Sri honoured at Seminar on
Mysticism & Spirituality in Islam & Indian Religions at India Islamic
Culture Centre, Delhi, organized by Al-Mustafa International University, Iran.
Ø
Sri
Sri visits Pakistan after seven and a half years, 12 - 14 March….."They
have invited me with a lot of love. We have reached 100,000 people through the
Art of Living in Pakistan. There was also a lot of relief work done during the
floods in Sindh. If both India and Pakistan spend just 1% of their defence
budget on promoting peace and maintain regular people contact, terrorist forces
will not get an opportunity. Politicians work up the anger in people to create
their vote banks. But if we build a bridge between people, no politician will
be able to play with sentiments." Udaipur Maha Satsang, 10th March
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Some
people say "Let God do everything and surrender" and others say
"I have to be responsible." Surrender is saying "Let Thy Will be
done" and "Thy Will" for you is to take responsibility for the
whole world. Total responsibility is total surrender. It's a little hard to
chew, but this is the truth.
Ø
What
you cannot win with guns, you can win through love. The most powerful thing in
the world is love! We can win the hearts of people through love. The victory
that comes out of ego is worth nothing. Even if you win in ego, it is a loss.
Even if you lose in love, it’s a victory!
Ø
Q:
Out of action, duty and spirituality, what should be given priority?; A: First tell me, while watching TV would you
like to hear first or see first? "I'll hear first and see later or see
first and hear later", will it work? They all go together.
Ø
All
colors emanate from white, and when mixed again, they become black. When your
mind is white and consciousness pure, peaceful, happy and meditative, different
colors and roles emerge. We get the strength to play various roles with full
sincerity. Colors are the complexity of life. White is the simplicity. When
your heart is pure, your life becomes colorful.
Ø
Whatever
you revere becomes bigger than you. When you have reverence in all your
relationships then your own consciousness expands. It is the reverence in every
relationship that saves the relationship. Cultivate the skill of having
reverence every moment in your life.
Ø
Prayer
within breath is silence;
Love
within infinity is silence;
Wisdom
without words is silence;
Compassion
without aim is silence;
Action
without doer is silence;
Smiling
with all existence is silence.
Ø
Pull
back your attention from the object of the senses to the senses, and then to
the source of mind. This journey within will you give you the strength and
endurance to go through all the ups and downs of life
Ø
Snatch
every opportunity to celebrate, then you feel great and full. Celebration
reminds you of the fullness of the moment. The moments you are in the company
of knowledge and the Master are the most precious moments in your life.
Treasure them. Treasuring them you transcend the mind, time and space. That is
true celebration.
Ø
The
whole of life is a game to be played. It is not a struggle. Nothing can destroy
you. You are a drop of immortality, a drop of something eternal. Your spirit is
eternal. And it is alright if this does not ring a bell right now.
Ø
First
of all connect to yourself. When you go deep in yourself and let go of all the
anxiety and know that you are loved by the universe, you get inner strength.
The universe loves you, air loves you, space loves you, the sun and moon love
you. So you are surrounded by that energy of love and you’ll just melt in
meditation and that is what gives that inner strength; so solid, child like
again. Free from inhibitions, free from worries, being natural!
Ø
When
the water flows within banks, it's called a river. When water is scattered all
over, it's a flood. So when the emotions get flooded everywhere, mind is in a
mess. If it is intensely flowing in a direction, then that is Bhakti (devotion).
And that is most powerful.
Ø
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.
Ø
Life
has four characteristics -- it exists, evolves, expresses and extinguishes. For
this, it depends on five elements....
Ø
Ayurveda
is the study of life. Ayur is life and Ved means to know. According to
Ayurveda, life or existence is not a rigid compartment, but a harmonious flow.
Even the five elements of which the whole universe is made of are not tight
compartments of defined objects. They flow into one another.
Ø
Butterflies
don't know the color of their wings but we know it. Likewise, you don't know
how sweet you are but I know how special you are to me.
Ø
Only
when we rise above desires and we are dancing on it, then it is a dance of joy
and bliss. This is not just imagination. This is the truth. This energy awakens
within us and we rise in dance. The Divine energy pervading the entire creation
is eternally dancing.
Ø
You
walk until you come to the ocean. You don't walk or run in the ocean - you
float and swim. Like this once you come to the Master, seeking stops,
blossoming begins.
The previous set of Great quotes of Sri Sri Ravishankar can be seen at :
…..and so on…
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