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 Exciting Update for January’s Berlin Events with Gurudev! We’ve added two online satsangs for everyone to join from anywhere! 🌍💕 The Masterclass, however, remains an in-person-only experience. 🙏 Make the most of these amazing opportunities! 🤗: ⚡ 3 Jan - Satsang with Gurudev from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm at JW Marriott - contribution basis https://buy.stripe.com/28og0b8zm9LZ1FuaEQ ⚡ 4 - 5 Jan️ - Masterclass in Berlin  https://www.events-artofliving.de/masterclass ⚡ 5 Jan - Satsang with Gurudev from 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm at the Sri Ganesha Hindu Tempel, Hasenheide 106, 10967 Berlin - open to all ⚡ 6 Jan & 7 Jan - Satsangs with Gurudev from 7.30 pm to 9 pm at JW Marriott - registration requested: https://www.artofliving.org/de-en/program/18215 ⚡ 6 Jan & 7 Jan - Online Satsangs with Gurudev from 7.30 pm to 9 pm CET - registration requested: https://register13.artofliving.org/eu/civicrm/event/register?id=2001278&lcMessages=en_GB&reset=1  We can’t wait to share thes...

 

Definition of “Maanna” by Param Pujya Gurudev : Sit near the Guru, let tears come, that's enough. There is no race to touch the feet, just sit with the Guru, remember that there is no future aspirations. Silent prayer reaches quickly to the Guru because they are free from the burden of words. Having a Guru is a blessing, you don't have to ask for it, you get everything by having Guru. Like go to flower the fragrance of sun warmth and light. Don't ask for Guru, just go to his shelter, you will get everything on your own. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji.

 

 

Change your DP using this link https://frameit.us.artofliving.org Let's be a part of First Ever World Meditation Day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  worldmeditatewithgurudev at 2024 December 21st https://www.youtube.com/live/QvlYzOATbWo?feature=shared

 

 Gurudev was conferred with The Honor of the Key to the City of Kingston by the Lorship Lord Mayor - Andrew Swaby followed by remarks by the President of University of Technology and the Lord Mayor. Gurudev addressed the selected invites audience.😇

 

Humor is the buffer that saves you from humiliation. If you have a good sense of humor you can never be humiliated. And if you refuse to be humiliated you become invincible. Humor brings everyone together, while humiliation tears them apart. In a society torn with humiliation and insult, humor is like a breath of fresh air. A good sense of humor relieves you from fear and anxiety. Humor should be coupled with care and concern. Mere humor without care and concern or appropriate action often irritates those who come to you with serious problems. Humor can keep the spirit high, yet if overdone it leaves a bad taste.  Humor without wisdom is shallow.  Humor with wisdom creates an atmosphere of celebration. Humor without sensitivity is satire - it comes back to you with more problems. The wise use humor to bring wisdom and to lighten every situation. The intelligent use humor as a shield against humiliation. The cruel use humor as a sword to insult others. The irresponsible use hum...

It is a mistake to think time is going. Time is not going. Time is here until the world ends. It is you that is going. You don’t waste time. Time is infinite. You waste yourself.  You are finite. It is you that grow old and die. Time doesn’t. So make better use of yourself before you expire. And one of the worst things to do with time is comparing yourself to others. A cow eats grass and gets fat but if dog eats grass, it will die.  Never compare yourself with others. Run your own race. What works for one person may be that which will kill you. Focus on the gifts and talents God gave you and don’t be envious of the blessings He gave others. Both Lion and Shark are professional hunters, BUT: A Lion cannot hunt in the Ocean and a Shark cannot hunt in the jungle That a Lion cannot hunt in the ocean doesn't make him useless and that a Shark cannot hunt in the jungle doesn't also make him useless both have their own territory where they can do well If a rose smells better than toma...

 

 

 

 

 Remembering Shri Acharya Rathnanand Ji ( Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji's Father ) on his 100th Birthday

 100 साल पहले, पिताजी का जन्म 8 दिसंबर 1924 को तमिलनाडु के सलेम जिले के कावेरीपट्टिनम गांव में हुआ था। परिवार जल्द ही बैंगलोर चला गया और वहीं बस गया। उनके माता-पिता का नाम श्रृंगारम्मा और सुब्रमण्यम था। उनके पिता गांधीवादी थे। जब पिताजी का जन्म हुआ तब परिवार संपन्न था। पिता ने अपनी सारी संपत्ति और यहां तक ​​कि अपनी मां के गहने भी गांधीजी के आंदोलन के लिए दान कर दिए थे। जब वे बहुत छोटे थे, तभी उनके पिता का निधन हो गया और उसके तुरंत बाद उनके पास बहुत कम या बिलकुल भी पैसा नहीं बचा। फिर भी उनके दिल में बहुत कुछ था। पिताजी ने 13 या 14 साल की छोटी उम्र में ही परिवार का भरण-पोषण करने के लिए काम करना शुरू कर दिया था। मेरी दादी (पिताजी की माँ) दिव्यदर्शी थीं। उनके चाचा भी महान ज्योतिषी थे। जब वे छोटे थे, तब भी वे कहती थीं कि वे एक सुंदर लड़की से शादी करेंगे जो वीणा बहुत अच्छी तरह बजाती हो और उनके दो बच्चे होंगे, एक लड़की और एक लड़का। उन्होंने उनसे कहा था, "लड़के का नाम रवि और लड़की का नाम भानु रखना!" जैसा कि उन्होंने कहा, त्रिची के एक कॉमन फ्रेंड के ज़रिए उन्हें अम्मा की कुंडली मिली ज...

 

 Gurudev's Updated Tour Schedule Update  ✈🛫🛬🛩🚁 November 2024  to March 2025 November 21 - December 1 🚩🇮🇳 Bangalore Ashram, India December 2-5 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California December 6-11 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico December 12-14 🇯🇲 Kingston, Jamaica December 15-20 🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada Ashram December 21, 2024 - January 2, 2025 🇺🇸 Boone Ashram, NC January 4-7, 2025 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany January 10-31 🚩🇮🇳 Bangalore Ashram, India February 1-3 🇮🇳 Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh February 14-16 🚩🇮🇳 Bangalore Ashram February 17 🇮🇳 Haryana February 18-19 🇮🇳 New Delhi February 20-21 🇮🇳 Punjab February 22-27 🚩🇮🇳 Bangalore Ashram February 28 - March 2 🇮🇳 Biha

 

 

 

 

 WATCH YOUR SPACE! There’s a reason why people say “Choose your friends wisely” and “Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are”.  The people you’re around the most, be it friends, family, even colleagues, can have a massive effect on you and your vibrations/mentality. No matter how positive, spiritual, or goal-driven you are, if you hang around people who are the opposite, they may not completely cancel that out (depending on how stubborn you are about those things), but you won’t really thrive in that environment.  Someone who’s full of positivity and someone who’s full of negativity can’t really reside in the same place as they are. One will definitely become either more positive, or more negative. And when it’s your group of friends or family etc. that are mostly negative, it’ll be close to impossible to stay as positive as you are because of that friction. They may not be aware that they’re doing that, but because of their low vibrations and all, they’ll do a...

 

Educators from schools and colleges across India asked questions as they come to sign an MoU with The Art of Living for conducting courses in their institutions.  How is the intuition power developed in the intuition program? In our country, a lot of parents have been given to guru, parents. Before independence, every movement was brought out by an educator. The freedom movement was facilitated by acharyas of schools and colleges. Revolutions in education, society and life have to be brought by gurus. We are moving away from that culture. Right now there is a gap between teachers and students. In DU, we had a program where we asked students whom do they dislike or hate. 85% said they disliked their teachers. 57% disliked their parents. After the 8 day course, we invited their parents who remarked how their behavior had changed. They began helping in the house. Their relationship with teachers also improved. This knowldge which comes from the ancient and new has brought transformati...

 Today one person has hurt you, tomorrow someone else will. You cannot control the entire world. Recognize that the problem is not outside; it is in your own mind. You have given the reins of your life in someone else's hands, just take them back! Make the fortress of your mind so strong, that no one in the world should have the right to take your smile away!

 

 

 Yesterday Evening, Gurukul witnessed the sacred ritual of "Shankhabhishekam" as part of the Kartik celebrations. This revered tradition involves the ritual bathing of the Shiva Lingam with water poured from a conch shell

 Never in your life have the arrogance to say that you have achieved big heights. If you have achieved something it is the divine will, it is the divine intervention that has always protected you, cleared your path and given you the right opportunities at the right time.  Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar