Akarma & vikarma

Q: What is 'Akarma' and 'Vikarma'?
#SriSri: 'Vikarama' is the specialist Karma. 'Akarma' is not doing any Karma.

What is pavamana suktam

Q: What is Pavamana Suktam?
#SriSri : It's a prayer. It says - Let all the Gods and the divine purify our heart. Let everything be Pure. Our Mind, Our intellect, Our Environment, Our Thoughts, Our emotions - let everything be pure. Let even the body be pure.

Titbits

Q. How to find real passion in life?
#SriSri: How do you know u have a headache? Just like that.

Q. What if thoughts come while meditating?
#SriSri: Let them come. They come and go on their own. Keep surrendering them.

Q. It is said that if our right eye is blinking, it bring us bad luck. Is this true?
#SriSri : Don't Bother about all this. Just do ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ Chanting.

Are your desires coming true

#SriSri: Are all your desires coming true? (Yes!) When you want something it gets fulfilled, now wish for something big. We need to care for the environment, save water, go organic. It is very important to conserve water. Don’t leave the tap open while brushing, close the tap. While washing hands, washing dishes, conserve water. Use indian chemical free soaps, not imported soaps, thats why we are making these things here. Save the earth by not creating chemical pollution, don't add chemical filled detergents in water.

Tradition of sitting in temple

Q. Here in South India there is tradition of sitting in the temples for sometime. Can you talk about it?

#SriSri: It is an old tradition, it is said that you shouldn't return from a temple without sitting there for sometime. Some people don't even sit for 5 second, they sit for a second then get up and run. Don't do this. When you visit a temple you should sit for 10-15 mins and meditate. God is within us. Those who look for god in temples and other places are not intelligent. “Jahan baithe wahin hai kailash” (You have everything right where you sit). When you sit with your eyes closed and go deep in meditation then the mind becomes stable and centered then you get everything. This is why in olden times they used to go for pilgrimage, so that people could sit with the saints in ‘satsang’ and meditate, listen to knowledge. Nowadays it has become commercialised, people go there perform some rituals and run. I am not saying don't perform the rituals, do what but you have to do, but halt, rest there, sit and meditate. For this you don't have to go to ‘Kailash parvat’ or anywhere. Meditation is most important. When you go into the depths of meditation you get everything.

Womens entry in temple

Q. Gurudev today the right to pray movement is growing big, how come only in the Hindu religion people want ladies to enter 'Garbhagriha' whereas in mosques no-one wants priests/maulavis to be females?
#SriSri: You need to wonder about it, there is no answer. Hindu religion is very dynamic, it changes with time, it has a broad spectrum and on top of it it is not well organised, so people can demand anything. There is nothing wrong in demanding also but when there is a strict system people are little cautious of demanding there. They are scared.

Lawyers special advance course

Q. We are here for a lawyers special Advanced course, As a lawyer what is my biggest take away from this course?
#SriSri: First of all lawyers do a lot of left brain activity, that is logic, analysis and verbal skills. Definite parts of our brain are assigned definite jobs, if one part of the brain is overused, there will be wear and tear very soon. To balance and rejuvenate that part of the brain you have to have an activity which is directly opposite to it like music, meditation, silence, relaxation. This is something that you can gain here. You get much needed balancing of left and right brain. Meditation changes the structure of the brain, it gives you intuitive ability, inner comfort and relaxation. It helps the brain to recuperate itself. Meditation and silence have physiological, psychological and spiritual benefits. As lawyers, right or wrong you are arguing the whole day, you are talking a lot, so silence is very good, it gives rest to that part of the brain. Many people think if you are into music and meditation you may loose your logic, ability to argue, it is not so, meditation makes the brain sharper, mind clearer and body robust. This is all you need, you need stamina to stand up and speak, to work late night and prepare for cases. See a school/college student has to do the homework only for particular period of time. Once they graduate they don't need to work so hard, but a lawyer is like a student for life. They have to prepare for the next day, refer the books daily. Sharpness of intellect and memory is demanded from a lawyer, if a lawyer looses memory, it will be disastrous. They need clear and sharp memory, keen observation and perfect expression. I am sure meditation will definitely give you all this.