Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Inner silence is the mother of all creativity, the source of intuition, and the storehouse of energy, and we all have it. The only thing is we have locked it and forgotten the key! Just like how you forget your computer’s password sometimes. We all have this enormous wealth of silence in our heart, but somehow we have forgotten how to tap into it. ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Life goes on regardless of how one feels. From the cradle to the grave, life goes on. Feelings come and go. So just bundle up all your feelings and put them aside. You should be happy and simply march ahead in life. ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Whenever you have some difficulties you try to eternalize it or generalize it. Suppose in a group of 80 people, if 10 people get cold, you know what you will say? Everybody is having a cold. But among 80 people only 10 people would have got cold. But generally what you would say? In the town, if some people are sick, what you say. Oh in that town everybody is falling sick. Is it not? So we generalize it. When you have some problem, you are like, “Oh! I am always like this”. If you get angry several times, you say “I always get angry, I always get difficulty”. It is not really the case. If some people have not cooperated with you, you say “Nobody is cooperating with me”. Suddenly the whole world is bad. It is not so. But the mind always does that. Generalizes, eternalizes, it is not so. Look into your life. How many wonderful moments you have had. You have had heights of joy and of course, you had to face some problems. And it has made your life more interesting. Because you could over...

Question - Gurudev, How do I go beyond karma? When did it start and when will it end?  Gurudev Sri Sri - When did the world begin? Audience: I don't know! Gurudev Sri Sri - When will the world end? Audience: I don't know! Gurudev Sri Sri - This question is also like that. We don’t know when the cycle of karma started. We don’t know the beginning but the seeds of karma can be burnt in the fire of knowledge.

Human interaction is essential for creating the bonds that hold our society together. Just like animals, we thrive on connection. ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar