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Question answer session between Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji and his followers

Posted by amit agarwal on May 15, 2009 at 4:18am

Ask Brilliant Qs and take only one-liners!Back to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge SheetsDiscussion BoardTopic ViewTopic: Ask Brilliant Qs and take only one-liners!Reply to TopicDisplaying all 4 posts by 4 people.Post #1Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets wroteon May 11, 2009 at 7:23pmGuruji: Shoot brilliant questions and take only one liners! (laughter)Q1: Where do thoughts come from?Because this question came in your mind, give a pat on your back, know tha

(09.05.14) KARMA

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 14, 2009 at 6:08pm

The ancient Hindu concept of KarmaKarma is a useful concept developed in India by the Hindus and it can be explained in at least six different equivalent descriptions, as follows:1. You have a higher self. You might call it a conscience, which is aware of any inequalities, or any short cuts taken by your lower self. The higher self keeps track of all these "tricks" and as they accumulate, they become a reverse driving factor, played by the higher self back down to the lower self. This reverse dr

FREE CONFERENCE CALL about divine Knowledge from India and Infos about a very special Powerjourney with Bharati

Posted by Bharati on May 14, 2009 at 3:46pm

Hi and Namaste from IndiaWe had a very nice conference call last Tuesday 5/5/09. We would like to send you a summary of that call and inform you about the next Conference call where EVERYBODY can dial in, also those who don’t travel with the group to India.The next call will be manly about divine Knowledge, Miracles and Angel-Energies.Here is the summery of the last call for youThis last call was about the power journey to India:The main points discussed are as follows:Group unity is extremely i

(09.05.13) Puja

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 14, 2009 at 9:09am

Puja is a sacred practice that Hindu people perform on different occasions to worship, pray or show respect to their deities. Puja is considered as an act of showing reverence to the almighty through invocations, prayers (mantra, slokas), songs (bhajans), and rituals. According to Hinduism, Pooja makes a spiritual connection between the deity and the devotee.

The quickest way

Posted by amit agarwal on May 14, 2009 at 5:42am

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesQuestion: What is the surest, safest and quickest way to God-realization?Sri Gurudev: The surest, safest and quickest way is to realize that God is working through you. The moment you realize that, you have realized already. Know that you are just an instrument in the hands of God. It's a fact. I wouldn't even say that you give yourself into the hands of God. Who are you to give? You are already His instrument. Just know that.OM Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi

Constantly winning is not important

Posted by amit agarwal on May 14, 2009 at 5:35am

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesLife is a sport. Everything that you do is a game. Play each game well. Don't worry about competing; just play your best. And don't always look to win. Constantly winning is boring. Treat everything as equal: victory and failure, profit and loss. Enjoy them both. If you win a thousand dollars, say, "Great! I won a thousand dollars." if you lose a thousand dollars, say, "Look at that! I lost a thousand dollars. Great!" That way, even if you lose a thousand dollars,

All physical beings are connected to eachother by soul

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 4:42pm

Butterfly EffectPost #1Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets"You know, what is unseen is much more than what is seen. Nowscientists are coming up with this theory about parallel universes anddark matter, dark energy. If you look at this room and everyone," hisgestured toward the walls and the 600 satsangees, "what you cannot seeis 100 times more than what you can see. That's dark energy, darkmatter. It's not dark because it's scary or anything, it's called darkbecause it canno

God is honoring you

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 4:15pm

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesQuestion: How can a devotee honor God?Sri Gurudev: The Lord doesn't look for your honor. If you want to honor God, make Him happy by expressing His image, that part of God that is functioning in you. Put yourself into His hands. As the Bhagavad Gita proclaims, "Whatever you do, whatever you enjoy, whatever penance you perform, in essence everything that you think, speak or do, do it as an offering to God." Sri Krishna tells Arjuna, "Do it as an offering to me." God

Reality of life

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 2:52pm

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets Often when U are happy U feel life is a dream because U do not believe in the reality of it. When there is misery U feel life is a burden and U take trivial things very seriously…..But when one goes through pleasure & realizes that pleasure is a burden & undergoes misery thoroughly & realizes that life is a dream, a joke; one becomes calm!.....When U see life is dream, a burden or a joke only then can U be centered

Greed

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 2:30pm

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets .......

The more greed increases the more one burns out within. To calm the burn one needs to be dispassionate. Until the mind focuses towards the truth you can't be dispassionate. And the longing for the truth and knowledge takes one forward in life. All the crimes all over the world are happening because of greed! Therefore when the mind is under total control then it is centered and that state is called dispassion

The same for one and all

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 1:47pm

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesEnlightment is the same for one and all. Is the sun in Australia different from the sun in America? There is the same sun, the same light, the same rain, the same air. Is there a man's sleep and a woman's sleep, a dog's sleep and a cat's sleep? No. Sleep is the same. Death is the same. Enlightenment also is the same. It doesn't differ at all from one person to the next. The only difference would be in how long it takes to come to that experience. But the experience

The God within

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 5:36am

The God within!Back to Art of Living -Ekta wroteon March 2, 2009 at 8:05amGod is never an object of isolation but the very core of your being. The difference between Self and God is just like the wave and the ocean. Can there be a wave without the ocean?Who are you? Do you know about yourself? Find out about yourself first. If you think you are just the body, that is not possible because the body has its limitations. If you think that you are the mind then that is also not possible because the m

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 11 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 11, 2009 at 6:09pm

Tryambakam / ज्ञानकोश:ॐ त्र्‍यंबकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम ।उर्वारुकमिवबान्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ।।/ tryambakaM yajāmahe sugandhim puSTivardhanam | urvārukam iva bandhanān mRtyor mukSīya māmRtāt /The literal translation of this name means Great Death-conquering Mantra. This mantra is from the Vedas. This mantra worships a three-eyed deity commonly identified with Lord Shiva. It is also called Tryambakam Mantra or Mrita-Sanjivini mantra or Rudra Mantra. The reason for it being name

Stages of spirituality in life

Posted by amit agarwal on May 11, 2009 at 1:16pm

Spiiritual life is unique for individual Yoga practitioner. However, broadly speaking it can be classified into four stages. An average practitioner undergoes these four stages progressively. Depending on his progress a practitioner can be termed as:• Worldly Person• Spiritual Aspirant• Spiritual Seeker.Spiritual MasterA worldly person is the one who sees objects and events happening the world around him. For him the sense organs are utmost important and he spends tremendous amount of efforts in

Ma Anandamayi Omkareshwar Newsletter--April

Posted by Swami Mangalananda on May 10, 2009 at 10:39am

Om MaWelcome to the Newsletter from www.SriAnandamayiMa.org!April, 2009Our Miraculous Ma(Note: The following three stories were told to me directly be a very senior, scholarly and saintly devotee of Ma who spent twenty-two years in close and intimate contact with Ma.)Ma always responded to the sincere yearning of the heart, sometimes coming to the longing devotee in surprising ways. One day this man and his wife were in a city bus in Pune on the way to Anandamayi Ashram to see Ma, when suddenly

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 09 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 9, 2009 at 4:54pm

i asked the lord for abunch of fresh flowersbut instead he gave mean ugly cactus withmany thornes.i asked the lordfor some beautifulbutterfiesbut instead he gave memany ugly anddreadful worms.i was threatened.i was disapponted.i mourned.but after many days,suddenly,i saw the cactusbloom with manybeautiful flowers,and those worms becamebeautiful butterfliesflying in the spring wind.god´s way is the best way.Chun-Ming Kao(writing from prison)The more I am here at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg the mor

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 08 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 9, 2009 at 4:00pm

Lakshmi / लक्ष्मी is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, and generosity; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Goddess Lakshmi is regularly worshipped in home shrines and temples by Her devotees. A special worship is offered to Her annually on the auspicious day of Diwali, with religious rituals and colorful ceremonies specifically devoted to Her.

Though retained by Vishnu as his consort, Lakshmi remained an avid devotee of Lord Shiva. An interesting legend surrounds her devotion to

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 07 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 7, 2009 at 4:15pm

Ganesha / Sanskrit: गणेश;/,is one of the best-known and most widely worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon

The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha has an elephantine countenance with a curved trunk and big ears, and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being. He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth.Ganesha's head symbolizes the Atman or the soul, which is the ultimate supreme reality of human existen

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 05 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 7, 2009 at 9:39am

What is satsang?सत्संगA simple definition of satsang is devotional speech and chanting programs for the upliftment of the divine love consciousness of a devotee.Sat (सत्‌) means Divine.Sang (संग) means association.Not just coming close, but to join. And how do you join? Only with love. Love is the glue that joins two things.Suppose there were two papers, and you put them together. You press hard, but they are separate still. There’s no glue inside. Put some glue and join together—now, they are s

3 weeks in paradise

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 7, 2009 at 9:37am

May 5. 2009Motivation starts with the desire to be free, to be free from dependency on others, freedom to live the lifestyle we dream of, freedom to explore our ideas. Total freedom is not possible or desirable, but the struggle to achieve that ideal is the basis for motivation.A goal is a desire that sends us on a journey using decisions to transport us to an unknown destination. Very often, this destination is vague because we encounter opportunities/experiences that change our thinking which

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Question answer session between Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji and his followers

(09.05.14) KARMA

FREE CONFERENCE CALL about divine Knowledge from India and Infos about a very special Powerjourney with Bharati

(09.05.13) Puja

The quickest way

Constantly winning is not important

All physical beings are connected to eachother by soul

God is honoring you

Reality of life

Greed

The same for one and all

The God within

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 11 )

Stages of spirituality in life

Ma Anandamayi Omkareshwar Newsletter--April

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 09 )

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 08 )

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