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Vijaydashami - Rudra Puja with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

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Nothing can beat this “You are a Masterpiece” – What an elevating speech? -by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar “A plum once said, ‘just because a banana lover came by, I converted myself into a banana. Unfortunately, his taste changed after a few months and so I became an orange. When he said I was bitter I became an apple, but he went in search of grapes. Yielding to the opinions of so many people, I have changed so many times that I no more know who I am. How I wish I had remained a plum and waited for a plum lover.’ Just because a group of people do not accept you as you are, there is no necessity for you to strip yourself of your originality. You need to think good of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate. Never stoop down in order to gain recognition. Never let go of your true self to win a relationship. In the long run, you will regret that you traded your greatest Glory – your uniqueness, for momentary validation. Even Gandhi was not accepted by many people. The...

The Story of Garuda and Lord Rama ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji There is a story in the Ramayana : Lord Rama needed the help of Garuda, one of his devotees, at a time when Rama was under the spell of a poison arrow. Garuda saved him from that. After he did this, a doubt came in his mind. “I thought Rama was my savior all these years. I thought he was going to help me, but today if I did not save him, he would have died. Today he needed my help and I saved him. How can I depend on him? I seem to be more powerful than he is. He seems to be ordinary, for without me he would have died. Both he and his brother would have died in the war.” When this doubt came in Garuda, it kept eating at him. When doubt starts to overtake the mind, the consciousness starts to go down. Doubt is one thing that can eat and destroy you. When doubt enters the soul, they say that the person will have neither success in this world or the next world, the inner world. Such was the doubt of Garuda. He ...

Question - Gurudev, who is Ram and what is his importance? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji - Ram means the radiance within us; the light of the Self. The word ‘Ravi’ also means the same. ‘Ra’ means light, ‘vi’ means special. It means this special light within us that is eternal. The light in our heart is called Ram. So the light of our soul is Ram. This day of ‘Ram Navami’ celebrates the birth of this Divine inner light. Lord Rama was born to King Dashrath and Queen Kaushalya. Kaushalya means skill, and Dashrath means one who has ten chariots. Our body has ten organs – Panch Jnanendriya (referring to the five senses) and Panch karmendriya (referring to the five senses associated with action, that is the two hands, two legs, the genitals, the excretory organ and the mouth). Sumitra means the one who is friendly with everybody. Kaikeyi means one who is always giving selflessly to everyone. So King Dashrath along with his three wives went to the Rishis (holy sages). When the ...