Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in yesterday's satsang at the Art of Living International Center.
Q. Gurudev,How can I become a Swami?
#SriSri: Shanti, having stability in the mind brings peace. Maintaining equilibrium in praise and insult. Having equanimity for all. In behaviour, it may not be possible at all times but it is possible in feelings. Be part of satsang. This is enough. Dedication is more important. A thousand chances come to uproot Shraddha(faith). You have to cross all those. You must have heard stories of Jesus where it seems like God left his hand in the end. Similarly, like this many opportunities come to unbalance Shraddha.
Read Gita. Be childlike. It is not about being a "swami". It is about being in a state of nothingness. From, "I am something to I am nothing", is being a Swami or a Brahmachari. He doesn't ask for anything for himself, everything he asks is for others. He is ready to do everything for everybody.
Q. Gurudev,when and how can one's being experience it's soul? What can be done about it?
#SriSri: Being cannot experience the soul. When life is over then soul is there. Day and night can never meet. When night comes the day goes and when day comes the night goes. It is like this.
Q. Gurudev, in tryambakam mantra, life is compared to a pumpkin What is the meaning of it?
#SriSri: Don’t try to interpret Vedmantras. One who finds pumpkin in ved mantra is a fool. It has a lot of depth. Meanings will come up with research. To translate it literally is foolishness. Vibrations are more important than the meaning.
Q. Gurudev,it is written in the ��scriptures with justice one can attain God. Can lawyers also get enlightenment ?
#SriSri: Absolutely yes. Justice has a very deep meaning. Do you know the meaning of justice? First examining whether what you know is right or wrong. It is a marvellous scientific technique since centuries. To think about your own logic is something very deep. This Science of justice has been there since ancient times.
Q. Yesterday you were telling that mantras and Devtas are the same? Does the effect of mantra increases with ��homa(havan)?
#SriSri: These are the rituals. But I feel when you have a path, when you are walking on the path of knowledge, there is no need to do all these things on your own, sometimes if you don't have the facilities to perform homas, it's okay This is why there are Ashrams, where these traditions are followed, where everything happens and it happens for everyone. Participate wherever it is happening.
Q. Gurudev, yesterday you talked about�� dictionary. Can you tell us
what is not there in the dictionary?
#SriSri: You see what you want to know. It is not important what's there in the ��dictionary. What do you want to know? what knowledge do you want to gain? That is important. Knowledge is infinite.
Q: Guruji I know what is right and I do it and even after doing it I feel I did nothing. How can I get over this?
#SriSri: It’s okay to feel that way.
Q: Guruji if Shiva is so pure then why do we perform Shiva Abhishekam?
#SriSri: The Abhishekam is a process to get into meditation, the way the water flows, similarly, knowledge flows into the mind. This is not done for Shiva, this is done for ourselves; to meditate. When we do Rudra Abhishekam everybody gets a good meditative experience, how many of you like it? We do it only for meditation. Shiva exists in the five elements, would he get happy when you pour water, no! But when we do it with reverence and feeling, an environment is created and when we chant, its vibration gets absorbed into the water. It is scientifically proven that chanting this Mantra restructures and improves the crystalline sequence of water. When Om Namah shivaya is chanted it changes the structural nature of the water crystals, manifesting an incredibly beautiful sequence. When we use bad language, the structure gets distorted. You should check out the website, "Secrets of water", it shows how water absorbs our feelings. Doing Abhishekam is like a tradition The chants are so beautiful; we pray that our bodies be strengthened, our minds be strong; there should be mellowness in the environment, water, ocean, thoughts, villages and everywhere. We should sit for Abhishekam with this desire and thought. It is not even important to do all this, just sitting and listening to the mantra is enough. The point is turning inwards, listening to the Japas and mantras and meditating is a lot more important than doing the Abhishekam. Doing is not important but going within us is. Doing the Abhishekam creates an environment; like on Diwali you feel different, how many people feel that way? Because we light lamps, clean the house, an environment is created. So this is similar to how we celebrate festivals a few times a year.
Don't waste food after offering it to God, don't let it go down the drain. Milk, honey, curd ,grains can be collected separately and used.It's not okay if you waste food when it can feed people.
Q: Gurudev, yesterday you spoke about kamalnayanam. The mind gets caught in what it sees, how to change its nature?
#SriSri: You don’t need to change its nature, let it be. With time you grow out of it and chill. When you set a higher goal,small things wither away.
Q: Gurudev how can we separate essence from the superstition in our tradition?
#SriSri: By�� wisdom,by knowledge. We are already doing that.
Q: I have heard that karma gets shared by sharing the�� food in a plate or by eating someone else food, is that true? Is that how sensitive our karma is that it gets shared like that?
#SriSri: See you ask the scientist how DNA gets transferred by saliva, by eating. This is exactly what it is. You should understand how your vibrations affects others. Our ancient people knew this that is why they eat each others food. It is scientific , hygiene gets compromised.
��News n Views online portal was launched by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
#SriSri: Media has two responsibilities, to present facts honestly without bias, with a clean heart and second is to inspire people to do something good in life. I'm sure more and more people are taking part in social media with right intentions and right mindset.
I congratulate the team for the effort and this launch.
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