Gurudev, what is the meaning of sacrifice? When can we consider that we have sacrificed something?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Let us understand what sacrifice means. You like something and you want to have it, but for something better to happen for everyone else, you give that up. That is called sacrifice.
You wanted to go for a picnic or a movie, but then you were needed to do some work somewhere else, which would benefit others. So you give up your pleasure trip, and do what is good for the people. That is what sacrifice is.
Where there is love, there is no sacrifice needed. You don’t say, mother sacrificed going on a trip because the child was not well. The child’s well being is of utmost importance for the mother, so she did not sacrifice anything. Do you see what I’m saying?
It is when you strongly desire something and give it up because it can bring a lot of good to others, then it is considered as a sacrifice.
You cannot think, ‘I am doing good work, but why are people criticizing me?’ It is their nature.
If a flower asks a thorn ‘Why do you prick?’. The thorn will answer ‘It’s my nature!’
The world has both thorns and flowers. The nature of the thorn is to prick and the nature of the flower is to spread fragrance.
~ Sri Sri
"Spirituality brings luck and strength, and so through meditation, you will become much more successful in the world."
- Sri Sri
Jai Gurudev!!
"Spirituality brings luck and strength, and so through meditation, you will become much more successful in the world."
- Sri Sri
Jai Gurudev!
I was already teaching meditation and yoga .But I felt there was something that was lacking. Though people do their spiritualpractices ,their life is in a sort of a compartment. They do their prayer ,meditation and spiritual practices but when they come out in life, they are very different people.
So, I was thinking how we can bridge this gap - between inner silence and outer expression of life. During a period of silence ,the Sudarshan kriya came like an inspiration .After I came out of the silence, I started teaching whatever i knew and people had great experiences.
After kriya ,many people feel so pure and so clear, so complete because the consciousness ,which was stuck in the matter ,material, which is foreign to itself, got released from that and came back to its home. That is the sense of purity , feeling of purity .
~ Sri Sri
