It is hard for a thoroughgoing skeptic to admit this, but maybe we all need a guru, or least need to try one. In the Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh traditions, a guru is a teacher and spiritual guide – a dispeller of darkness, according to the Sanskrit roots of the word – and in some [...]
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USA News
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DNA Interview
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IN DNA – MUMBAI NEWSPAPER DT. SAT. 14TH JULY’07 H. H. Sri Sri Ravishankar Q. Tell us about your CHILDHOOD. A. Childhood has never ended for me. It’s still going on. Yes, I don’t behave childishly. The only difference is then my body was that of a child. Today only my heart is as it [...]
Washington Post article
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Take a Deep Breath Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Approach to Inner Peace Is Like Fresh Air to Millions of Followers By Libby Copeland, Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 5, 2007 The guru comes to Washington and sleeps on the floor, as is his wont. He tells a joke about the folly of material things [...]
Tehelka Interview
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‘You have to run it like a corporation’ Reposing on a chair that overlooks picturesque hills, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is busy talking to a friend on the mobile. The words “TV par dekha” (saw it on TV) ring out from the speaker. Between quick “darshans” to visitors from across the country, the Art of [...]
Sri Sri in Iraq
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New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) In the heart of violence-hit Baghdad for a three-day visit, Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been urged by Iraqi leaders to reform prisoners in the city’s jails through yoga and meditation. The request came from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Malaki at a meeting with Ravi Shankar [...]
Religion should create happiness
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Last week, I wrote about Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who is in Manila for the first time. He starts his public lectures and advanced seminar on the Art of Living (AOL) tomorrow at Edsa Shangri-La. As I said last week, after my initial skepticism, I was grateful to the AOL Organization in the Philippines for [...]
God
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Why Would you think God is only one? Why cannot God also be many? If God made man in His own image, then what image is He? African, Mongolian, Caucasian, Japanese, Filipino? Why are there so many types of man and so many varieties of things? There is not just one type of tree, not [...]
Handling relationship problems
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What really disturbs interpersonal relationships? The relationship gets disturbed when disagreement begins Just look at yourself. Have you always agreed with yourself? You had some idea yesterday; today you may have a different idea. Five years back you had other ideas that do not necessarily agree with the ideas that you have today. So, when [...]
TOI Interview
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MUMBAI: Art of Living (AOL) is organising a youth empowerment seminar Yuvaratri here on Sunday. The event, which expects to draw over 1 million youngsters, is aimed at sensitizing the youth to social issues. The event will also hold programmes based on music, dance, mediation and celebration. In an interview to timesofindia.com, AOL’s founder Sri [...]
XIMB
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art of Living fame urged students of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), to instill self confidence to become dynamic future leaders in order to bring changes in the society. “As a young dynamic manager and administrator, you should have hope and dream for the society. We need a trauma [...]
