Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets


Don’t waste your energy thinking too much on past life karmas. Use your energy to come out of the present problems.
‘Om Namah Shivaye’ mantra, pranayama, Satsang..– All these take care of your previous karmas. Surrender all your sins and move further in life.
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More and more and more – How can I get more? Relax my dear. We don’t even have enough time to enjoy what we have. We should think how can I be more useful to the society, how can I serve more? One who is always thinking of getting something is like a beggar. Everything comes to the one who thinks how she/he can contribute more to the society. There won’t be any lack for such a person.
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The way you act, God awards the fruit of the action accordingly. If you steal God will come to you as a policeman. Your actions good or bad decide your experience of joy and sorrow. Joy and sorrow are the outcomes of your discretion. For e.g. It is ok if you drink one glass of milk. But if you drink three kilos of milk then? Without the use of discretion, nectar can turn to be poison.
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Every human is pure but filled with dirt. Every human being is like a diamond. The fact that the diamond is in mud, does not make it mud. You simply have to pick it up and wash it. And it shines again. The shiny nature of diamond is always there but covered with mud and slush.
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World peace comes with individual peace. If individuals become peaceful, communities become peaceful. Then the leaders of the world will also become peaceful, and we can have world peace. When people have broad vision for the whole world, world peace is a possibility. We need to spiritualize the politics, socialize the business and secularize the religion.
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Trust in yourself. Have faith in your choice of actions and the path you would be following. If you don’t trust yourself, how can you trust the Master? It is enough to have faith in yourself.
A Master or a Guru does not remove the doubt, but He creates more doubt. The more you burn in the fire of doubt, the more strong you come out to be. Truth is never afraid of doubt, and truth can never hide.


A city without streets, a king without treasure, a merchant without business, a life without wisdom, a life without a Guru, are all considered the same.

A city without streets, a king without treasure, a merchant without business, a life without wisdom, a life without a Guru, are all considered the same.

Prayer happens in two conditions. One is when you are utterly grateful and second is when you are utterly helpless, nowhere to go. Both are authentic and always get fulfilled. Being both together, helpless and grateful, is very rare and very powerful. It is a total form of prayer.
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Longing and love are two sides of the same coin. You can’t say, ‘I love you but I don’t long for you’. And it is impossible to long for someone without having love. That is why it is said: ‘RadheShyam’. Radha is longing and Sham is love. RadheSham (longing and love) go together in life.
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Don’t try to see Divinity. Take it for granted. It is there like the air. Eyes can’t see it. When your mind is totally relaxed you feel that the whole universe is filled with Divinity. You find that the chirping of the birds is Divinity, the moving of leaves is Divinity, the flowing of water is Divinity, You will find ...that beyond all this phenomenon, there is a field or phenomena that exists – that is Divinity
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When mind is free from lust, greed, possessiveness, arrogance etc, when the mind is in the pure form with which we were all born with, then nature listens to you. You are a child of nature and nature loves you. When that manifests, when you are clear; then two things happen - your wishes get fulfilled and you can fulfill others’ wishes also.

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Where do I go to find happiness? Be Antarmukhi (go within). Outside is a bazaar, a market. In the city market, below the bridge, people will be sleeping! You can learn from them. They can sleep in the middle of the bazaar. You can also meditate and be calm. Become Antarmukhi!
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Once you are able to see the light, you see the entire past as a dream, move on. Wake up and see the present, you will find happiness is there, unconditional happiness. Then you are happy and not dependant on others for your happiness. Happiness depends only on your mind. When the mind is free of past impressions and future cravings, happiness is there.
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To begin a practice you have to put in effort. But once you are on the path, you have to relax. You won’t reach any faster if you keep running inside the train. Know that all is done for you. You don’t have to put effort. There is effort to light a candle. Once it is lit then no effort is required to pull the light out... of the candle. Light is coming to you on its own. But you have to light the candle first!
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If you keep doing the same thing again and again, knowing that it brings you misery, you really don’t understand it brings you misery or you think it brings you some pleasure. Craving for pleasure and non-awareness that it is going to cause you misery are two things which makes you commit the same mistake again and again. That’s why they’re called habits.
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Just be happy and keep your heart clean and soft. When you doubt, when you are angry or frustrated, your heart and feelings get hardened. With the knowledge and wisdom, your heart remains soft and supple.
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When ur heart opens up tears come, it’s natural. Let it be. It is said in scriptures that tears of love are so precious that even angels run to collect them. The most wonderful thing on the planet is to have tears of love & gratitude. That makes our life rich & fulfilled. Fulfillment in life is having tears of gratitud...e.You can’t manufacture them. When U realize what all U have received in life, your heart opens up!

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When you react, what happens? You regret afterwards. Reaction happens through an emotional upsurge. When someone says something you don’t like, your emotions swell up. Anything you do in an emotionally disturbed state, you repent afterwards. When emotions are on peak, the intellect goes in background. Your actions are ...from the intellect and your reactions are from emotions.
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Feelings are superficial. If you think the feeling is the depth, then you have not gone deep. Feeling is deeper than thinking. But feelings change. Whatever is the deepest doesn't change.
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Devotion is the zenith of Love. ‘Saa tvasmin panama prema rupa’ - Embodiment of supreme love for the divine is devotion. You can’t posses God. In routine love affairs, you love someone and you expect the same in return. You can’t claim a right on God. Love for that infinite consciousness is devotion
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One who does a mistake & supports it lacks maturity. But doing repentance with guilt also doesn't help. That's why Master/Disciple tradition exists. Master guides the disciple to be free from guilt. If you simply tell the Master or yourself that some mistake has happened the mind calms down. A mistake happens becoz of ignorance. When you have lit the lamp of knowledge inside, you become free in the present.

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