Quotes from Sri Sri (Ravi Shankar Ji) of Art of Living Fame

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Sai Ram. I am sharing with thanks to Sri Rajesh Gehani of the facebook group,

Art of Living, some good quotations received.

 

Regards

 

Swamy

 

 

 

 

Rajesh Gehani sent a message to the members of Art of Living.

 

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Sri Sri Quotes ( A collection )

 

Seva / Service

 

If you are not having good experiences in meditation, then do more seva you will

gain merit and your meditation will be deeper. When you bring some relief or

freedom to someone through seva, good vibrations and blessings come to you.

Seva brings merit; merit allows you to go deep in meditation; meditation brings

back your smile.

When you make service the sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your

mind, and gives you meaning

Be grateful for any opportunity to do seva.

 

 

Love

 

Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence.

Here are the signs of love. When you love someone, you see nothing wrong with

them.

When you love someone, you want to see them always happy and you want them to

have the best.

Love is the highest strength, yet it makes you absolutely weak

Love cannot tolerate distance, and hatred cannot tolerate nearness.

You can experience love, but you cannot describe it or express it totally.

Love is beyond sight, touch, smell, taste, and sound.

When there is Love, there is no ego; ego dissolves like the dew drops with the

sun.

In the company of one who is living Love, you also cant but spring into that

Love.

Love is that phenomenon of dissolving, disappearing, merging, becoming one with.

Love is that phenomenon of total letting go.

The seers, the seen, and the process of seeing all merge. The knowledge, the

knower, and the known, they all merge, become one & that is Divine Love.

 

 

Anger

 

In ignorance anger is cheap and a smile is costly

Make your smile cheaper and you anger expensive.

The anger of the enlightened is a blessing

 

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Silence

 

Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it

is no answer

Only Silence is complete

Smiling with all the existence is Silence

Purpose of words is to create silence.

 

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GOD

 

When you know you own God you will not be in a hurry to get something out of

God.

When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you.

God does not test you because he knows you completely - your past, present and

future

God is calling you every moment.

God is the Seer himself. Who sees---that is God

God is love. Being in love is sharing that love.

This entire universe is made up of God. There is nothing outside God.

God is responsibility, total responsibility.

 

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Knowledge

 

Be a Gopal. Be a friend in knowledge

Be a friend in knowledge. Uplift each other in knowledge

Knowledge is a burden if it does not set you free.

Knowledge keeps everything fresh.

In science you have knowledge first, and then faith follows. In spirituality,

faith comes first, and then Knowledge follows.

When you follow fun, misery follows you. When you follow Knowledge, fun follows

you.

Illusion is error of perception and knowing illusion as illusion is Knowledge.

Suffering is a product of limited knowledge.

For one who has awakened in knowledge, there is no more suffering.

 

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The Spiritual Master / Guru

 

The master is a doorway

The master is presence. The world is relativity and relativity has limitations.

Presence is unlimited.

If you are not feeling close to the master, it is because of you, because of

your mind, because of your ego concepts.

A master is like an ocean. Ocean is there, readily available. It does not reject

anybody.

If a Master is not hollow and empty, he is no Master at all.

 

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Surrender

 

Do not say that you want to surrender. Just know that you already are

surrendered.

A person who cannot surrender cannot be self reliant

When you are shaken, remember the foundation of responsibility is surrender.

The greatest power is in surrender, surrender to the Divine.

 

 

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Sadhana

 

Root out boredom through deep and continued meditation

If you are unable to meditate because your mind is chattering too much, just

feel that you are a little stupid, and then you will be able to sink deep into

meditation

Meditation erases the impressions and improves the expression

Anytime you are confused, your mind is in conflict, do asanas, sit in asana. You

will see, right away clarity comes.

Effect of asana is clearing out of all conflicts, duality.

The seed of negativity and the tendency for conflict in you can only be

annihilated by Sadhana.

 

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Satsang

 

Give quality time to the divine, it will be rewarded. Give satsang and

meditation your highest priority

One who does not do satsang is like a wild animal. Satsang alone makes you

civilized.

Satsang is the shelter from changing time and its harsh influence on life.

 

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Freedom

 

Break through the barrier of the rational mind and find freedom for yourself

Freedom is your very nature. Only with freedom do joy, generosity and other

human values blossom

Just an intention to be free makes you immediately free.

Discipline protects freedom. You can choose to focus either on freedom or

discipline, and this makes you happy or unhappy.

Freedom without discipline is like a country without a defense.

 

 

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Karma

 

When you praise someone, you take on their good karma. When you blame someone,

you take on their bad karma

Performing actions cannot eliminate karma. Only through grace can the bondage of

karma be burnt.

Prarabdha karma cannot be changed. Sanchita karma can be changed by spiritual

practices.

 

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Respect

 

Respect for the Self is faith and faith is being open

Have respect for the Self and no one can take your self respect

Someone does not need to be great in order to be respected. Respecting life

makes you great.

 

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Ego

 

The " I " or ego in you is a tiny atom

Ego is separateness, non-belongingness

The head level is safe for the ego. The heart level breaks the ego. The solve

level dissolves the ego

The inability to communicate occurs because of ego

Someone experiences bliss, and that bliss, itself, becomes a trip for the ego.

So the ego, in turn, destroys the infinity, the joy, the bliss.

 

 

 

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Death

 

Divinity dwells in the void as well as in celebration.

Death brings you in touch with the reality of life.

Wake up an see your life is too short. The realization that life is short will

bring dynamism to your life.

 

 

 

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Breath

 

Breath is the link between your body and your spirit and your mind

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