Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes

Keep wondering whether your waking reality is a dream and you will wake up to the real.

Have a goal in life. When water is everywhere, it is a flood, but if it is in between banks, it is a river. It is nice to have a goal, so your life force gets channelized!

If our mind is pure, our desires get manifested quickly.

In the East they say suffering is avoidable and not necessary. Life is bliss! You know why? This is because wisdom, yoga and meditation are ways to avoid suffering which has not yet come.

Sadhana is the real currency that you can use anywhere

When you are totally defenseless, that's when you'll be strong.

Everything is cleansed and purified by the rains, and the Earth blossoms in beauty.

Life works on strange laws of nature (Karma). One never knows when a friend turns enemy & vice-versa. Rely on your Self; self-reliance

Religion keeps society divided. Spirituality unites it.

Yoga takes you close to your true nature. Yoga with its techniques helps you to harmonize with nature. Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace

Meditate. A few minutes of deep meditation will connect you with the ocean of intuition deep within you.

Knowledge is a burden if it robs you of innocence. Knowledge is a burden if it is not integrated into life. Knowledge is a burden if it doesn't bring joy. Knowledge is a burden if it gives you an idea that you are wise. Knowledge is a burden if it doesn't set you free. Knowledge is a burden if it makes you feel you are special.

Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Everyone needs to see that you not only teach human values but you live them. It is unavoidable sometimes you will be idealized -- it is better for children to have a role model, or goal, because then the worshipful quality in them can dawn.

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.

The entire universe is one whole, when you drop holding on to your limited boundaries, then what you gain is the entire universe.

Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene depth of your Being. You know, this is something immensely valuable and precious

I have received and I want to give. This is the path to happiness and contentment.

Make other comfortable and you will see that nature will take care of your comfort.

Reaction and non-action both create karma, but conscious action transcends karma.

When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced.

Love is giving everything and taking nothing

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.

You sell your happiness for peanuts! You sell your smile for pennies! I tell you, it's not worth it. The entire world is not worth your smile. Even if you are made the king or the emperor of the world, it's not worth giving away your smile.

When you consider Life as sacred,Nature waits on you

Meditation is the only way you can transcend the negative thoughts, and then positive thoughts will come spontaneously & automatically.

For those who do not have faith in God, fear is a way to protect them. But if faith is strong, there is no anxiety about something in danger.

Faith makes you stable and steady. It brings out the totality in you. Consolidation of your energy is faith. Dissemination of energy is doubt.

The entire universe is just an expression, projection, of the Being, of the Self. Within this small body, you are able to experience the infinite space.

Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.

Everywhere you see in creation there is Divine love. Love is the highest force, the greatest force, and the simplest

Worry is the enemy of love. You cannot be in love and be worried at the same time.

Your world is very small. Your world is bundle of your experiences. Have you observed this?

When a bud breaks it becomes a flower, when a heart breaks it becomes divine.

A healthy mind always likes to adore others, elevate them. An unhealthy mind likes to pull everything down.

Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.

Never underestimate your life. It is most precious. You never know what talents are hidden within you and what you have to offer to the world!

Meditation is not 'going somewhere;' it's diving deep here, this moment.

The more you give, the more you will get. Then life will become a sheer dance of love.

Do not be feverish about success, if your aim is clear and you have patience to move towards it, nature will support you.

Your love is unique. Let love remain love, don’t give it any name. The love that is defined by a relationship is limited. The love that is beyond relationships, that is true love

Recognize and honour your uniqueness.

When the energy is high and when there is love, healing happens automatically!

Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace.

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.

A plant has to be watered but when it grows into a tree, it is no longer necessary. Similarly, if the inner consciousness becomes stronger, all these vikaar (distortions) get erased. Vishranti vikar mita (Deep rest removes negativity). There is no rest deeper than meditation

Diwali means to be in the present, so drop the regrets of the past and the worries of the future and live in the moment. It is a time to forget the bickering and negativities that have happened through the year. It is a time when you throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning.

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.

When you are infinitely indebted for your body, for Knowledge, for things you have received, and for your own life, then you bask in the abundance of the Creator