Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. Krishna’s birth on ashtami, the eighth day of a lunar fortnight or the half-moon, is significant as it indicates a perfect balance between the visible material world and the invisible spiritual realm. This signifies Krishna’s mastery over realms, the seen and the unseen. The personality of Krishna is [...]
“Every living creature wants to be happy. Whether it is money, power or sex, you get into it for the sake of happiness. Some people even enjoy misery because it gives them happiness!” says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Diwali, the festival of lights as it is known the world over, celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. Lights are lit on this day not just to decorate the homes, but also to communicate a profound truth about life. Light dispels darkness and when the darkness within you is dispelled through the light of wisdom, the good wins over the evil in you. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar writes more.
Many seekers have posed the question – what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is like the ocean in the parable about a congregation of ocean fish, who once got together to discuss who had seen the ocean. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar writes more.
The festival of Navratri is celebrated with prayers and gaiety in the beginning of the Ashwin (autumn) and the beginning of Chaitra (spring). This period is a time for self-referral and getting back to the source. During this time of transformation, Nature sheds the old and gets rejuvenated; animals hibernate and life emerges back afresh in the spring. Write Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
‘Forgetfulness of yourself as separate from your environment is the main cause of pain. Lack of perception causes pain. There are three things – the self, the seer and the seeing. People keep their life somewhere else; they don’t keep their life within themselves. For some people, their life is in the bank account. If the bank closes, then that person will get a cardiac arrest. Whatever you give more importance to in life that becomes the cause of pain. So when you see the difference, that the seer is separate from its surroundings, it helps in eliminating the pain.’ says His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
The ‘someone’ you have a disagreement with is just a photocopy of your old or the new self. You need to take a look at your own thought and emotional patterns; there is a rhythm in them. And there is a rhythm in the consciousness. You need to find a harmony between all these rhythms within you and that’s what is called spirituality. His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar writes more.
“Our ancient Rishis were so deeply intelligent that they chose to express Divinity in terms of symbols rather than words, since words change over time, but symbols remain unchanged. Let us keep the deep symbolism in mind as we experience the omnipresent in the form of the elephant God, yet be fully aware that Ganesha is very much within us. This is the wisdom we should carry as we celebrate Ganesh Chaturti.” says His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar.
By His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Janmashtami marks the birth of Lord Krishna. Krishna’s birth on Ashtami, the eighth day of a lunar fortnight or the half moon, indicates a perfect balance between the visible material world and the invisible spiritual realm. This signifies Krishna’s mastery over realms, seen and unseen. The personality of [...]
