QUOTES
by H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
LOVE
1. “Usually,
when people love something and there is a longing for it, they try to get rid
of it because it is painful. The more you try to run away from it; you are
destroying not only the longing but also the love”.
2. “Love
is incomplete. And it will have to remain incomplete, it means that you have
marked the boundaries; found its limitations. For love to be infinite, it has
to be incomplete. Love is infinite and it finds expression in infinite ways.”
3. “A
devotee is like a crazy person in the eyes of ignorant people. They are not
bothered about what people think or comment about them. A devotee’s world is
nothing but God.”
4. “There
are three kinds of love. The love that comes out of charm, that which comes out
of comfort, and the divine love.”
5. “Seeing
the Divine in your valentine and make the Divinity your Valentine (your sweet
beloved). Just be…. And know that you are loved… that is beloved.”
LOYALTY
6. “Loyalty is commitment to a cause or a person,
irrespective of the situation and changes that time brings upon. Loyalty
transcends promises and performances.”
7. “It
is unjust to demand loyalty from everybody, with the exception being party
workers and office bearers who have to be loyal to their party as otherwise it
will not function.”
LIFE
8. “Have
you ever thought what the purpose of your life is is? What is life all about?
Such questions are very precious. When they dawn in your mind , only then does
your life begin.”
9. “To
know what you are on this planet for, ask yourself what you are not here for!”
10.
“Life involves ups and downs which is
very natural. Do not be afraid of this. Every pinch that you have in life is
for the best.”
COMPASSION
11.
“There are two types of
compassion. One is the compassion of the wise; one is that of the ignorant.”
CONSCIOUSNESS
12.
“Consciousness moving on the
surface of the body is stimuli, which cause pleasure. When consciousness
shrinks, then the sensation of pain and suffering arises.”
13.
“When consciousness moves through the
body in limited channels, pleasure is experienced. Repeated enjoyment of the
stimuli causes inertia and dullness.”
14.
“Often cooks don't enjoy their
own food. Listening to the same piece of music loses the charm; people in the
sex industry don't enjoy sex. If the stimuli are observed, then consciousness
expands and becomes peace.”
15.
“Pain is nothing but consciousness
wanting to expand and to become free. Freedom basically is liberation from the
craving of the stimuli.”
CONTENTMENT
16.
“Contentment and Happiness! Do
everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against
somebody, do it happily.”
17.
“You can turn every situation into your
advantage. Have you ever thought of this? Once you are blossomed from within,
you can take any insult and turn it into an advantage.”
RESPONSIBILITY
18.
“Only those who can totally detach can
take total responsibility. Eventually you will be able to be both attached and
detached simultaneously.”
19.
“As a human being, we have
responsibilities and needs. If responsibilities are less and needs are more,
then we will remain sad and grumbling. If we take up more responsibilities and
don’t need much for ourselves, then we are happy and more powerful.”
20.
“It’s the time when our needs are more
and we take less responsibility that we are miserable. And when our
responsibility is more and our needs are also more, these are times we
struggle. And when our responsibility is more and needs are less, we are
happy.”
ORGANISATION
21.
“The entire creation is a huge
organization. Everything is made up of atoms. The whole world is nothing but
organization, where the atoms have decided to organize themselves in a specific
pattern to form a particular substance.”
22.
“Organization is control. Devotion is
chaos!”
23.
“Organization needs attention to details,
a material awareness. Organization is being worldly. Devotion is getting lost,
forgetting the world, being in ecstasy.”
24.
“Often you lose devotion in organizing.
And often in the name of devotion you create chaos and disregard the
organization. You have to be a saint to be both in organization and devotion.
If you have both, you are on the mark.”
OBLIGATIONS
25.
“Belongingness can bring about a host of
negative emotions. Like demand, jealousy, unawareness and lack of gratitude.
Just look into your own life, you feel more grateful to strangers than the
people you feel "belong" to you.”
26.
“People have such resistance for
obligations. They do not realize that they are always under obligations,
whether giving or taking!”
SUDARSHAN KRIYA
27.
“Our breath has a great lesson to teach us,
which we have forgotten, for every rhythm in the mind, there is a corresponding
rhythm in the breath.”
28.
“For every rhythm in the breath there is
a corresponding emotion. So when you cannot handle your mind directly, through
your breath you can handle the mind.”
29.
“You know what the first act was when
you came into this world? It was taking a breath in. And your last act will be
breathing out.”
30.
“90 % of the toxins in our body are
eliminated through breath. And most of us use only 30% of our lung capacity.”
31.
“Prana” means subtle life force energy. “Aayama
means directing or controlling so Pranayama means directing the life force
energy. Pranayama is housing our awareness.”
32.
“Su means proper, Darshan means vision
and Kriya is a purifying action. Through the action of our breath, we get a
proper vision of who we really are.”
33.
“In Sudarshan Krishna we will be
experiencing the rhythm of being. We will be using rhythms of the breath to
harmonise the different the different levels of our Self. It is like the
difference between noise and music.”
34.
“When sounds are harmonised to a rhythm,
we call it music. Enlightenment is not gaining anything but harmonising but
harmonising our whole system rhythmically.”
SADHANA
35.
“Sadhana – Sanskrit word for spiritual
practices. “ Seva - Sanskrit which means service. Happiness and freedom are
within you. They have always been inside you.”
SILENCE
36.
“Prayer within breath is silence. Love
within Infinity is silence. Wisdom without words is silence. Compassion without
aim is silence.”
37.
“Mind without agitation is meditation.
Mind in the present moment is meditation. Mind that has no hesitation, no
anticipation is meditation. Mind that has come back home, to the source, is
meditation. Mind that becomes, “no mind” is meditation.”
SATSANG
38.
“Why do people need homes? Can they live
without shelter like animals in the forest? Man needs protection from changing elements
of nature, so he builds a shelter for physical comforts. In the same way, for
spiritual and mental comfort, Satsang is the shelter.”
39.
“Question: What about the pleasure in
Satsang?
Answer: The pleasure of Satsang
takes you towards expansion.”
FREEDOM
40.
“Real freedom is the freedom from the
future and freedom from the past. When you are not happy in the present moment,
then you desire for a bright future.”
41.
“One who has given you everything has
also given you freedom. Honour the freedom and make good use of all things
given to you.”
FAITH
42. “In spirituality, faith is first and Knowledge
comes later. Like Sudarshan Kriya, Pranayama, Yoga Asanas and meditation –
first you have faith and then Knowledge follows.”
43. “Science considers even human beings as
matter; spirituality considers even earth as mother, even rivers and mountains
as living beings”
44. “Faith and
alertness appear to be completely opposite in nature. When you are alert,
usually there is no faith and you feel restless and insecure. When there is faith,
the mind is secure and rested and you are not alert.”
EGO
45.
“Ego is always ambitious and wants to do
the toughest job like climbing Mount Everest, etc. Whereas in a simple act like
watching a butterfly, watering the garden, watching the birds or the sky, can
bring deep relaxation.”
46.
“Ego is that something, which has two aspects – the
positive and the negative. The creativity in you – are the results of ego. At
the same time, when you break down communication, when you isolate yourself,
when you’re in tears, when you’re stressed – that is also ego.”
47.
“The "I" or ego in
you is a tiny atom. If this atom is associated with the body, the matter, it
identifies with the matter. If this atom is put with the Being, the Infinite,
it identifies with the Infinite.
ENLIGHTENMENT
48.
“Enlightenment is beyond seasons like the
evergreen coconut tree.”
49.
“Seekers on the spiritual path are
curious to know about Enlightenment. What is Enlightenment? I say, “Enlightenment
is like a joke! It is like a fish in the ocean searching for the ocean.”
50.
“Buddha got enlightened under the Bodhi tree. He then stood up and
watched the tree from a distance for seven days. He took sixteen steps towards
the tree and under each step, blossomed a Lotus flower. This is the legend”.
51.
“The Bodhi tree is symbolic of both Sansara (world)
and Dharma. The
Lotus flower symbolizes clarity, dispassion, love, beauty and purity.”
52.
“It is only when you are detached in life can you watch the
sansara and all of its plays. When you witness the sansara, every step you take
is benevolent and impeccable.”
EVENT
53.
“Wise people use their skill to surmount
the event. If the vehicle is in perfect condition, the skill is effective.”
54.
“The mistakes you have made in the past
have made you humble; you need not make mistakes in future to become humble.”
ENERGY
55.
“In Indian mythology, the female energy
is depicted as Shakti – the embodiment of strength against justice combined
with beauty, love and compassion. Shakti is also represented in the trinity of
Durga, goddess of valour and vitality, Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and well-being,
and Saraswati, goddess of knowledge and art.”
56.
“Strength of a woman is persuasive not
aggressive
Strength of a woman is elastic not brittle
Strength of a woman is subtle not obvious.”
57.
“You cannot measure the amount of energy
in an atom. Similarly, you cannot measure the potential of a human being, human
nature.”
TRUTH
58.
“Satya the Truth. Follow the Truth. Be
with the Truth. Be with the existence. It means live in the moment, express
this moment in your fully.”
TOLERANCE
59.
“I tell you, if all the countries (
divert) even 0.1 percent of the expenditure that they ( incur) in the field of
defence towards spreading peace and harmony, the entire world can change. No
one likes hatred.”
THOUGHTS
60.
“If you think you are stupid
Then...... you know who you
are.
And if you know who you are...
You are enlightened!
And if you are enlightened,
Then ......you are certainly
not stupid.”
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