Significance of Ganesha Chathurthi

Ganesha is the formless divinity – encapsulated in a magnificent form, for the benefit of the devotee.  Gan means group.  The universe is a group of a…

Ego dissolves in Love

Ego is simply being unnatural, pretension, showing something that you are not. It always needs someone else to appreciate and recognise you. Ego is so…

Krishna- The embodiment of Ananda

Krishna means the most attractive - the Self. He is the very life force in every living being. Krishna's blue body indicates the infinity within, like…

Freedom from bondage is Independence

The body is dependent on the whole creation. In society, somebody has to make clothes, produce electricity, drill for oil. The body cannot be independ…

Significance of Rakshabandhan

Rakshabandhan is the bondage that saves you. You are saved by your bondage to something Higher. Bondage is essential in life. But bondage to whom? …

Keys to build strong Friendships

Not demanding anything from friends, and telling them I’m here to support you is the key. Just believe in one thing: what you need you will get. The g…

Success in failure

Everyone wants to be successful in his/her examination. But what is success? It is having strength, having an unshakable smile that nobody can take aw…

Shravan – Time to go inward and meet Shiva tattva within us

This article written by Bhanumathi Narasimhan, sister of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Shravan means ‘to listen’ in Sanskrit. It is the first step i…

Journey from Form to Formless

The word ‘anatha’ in Sanskrit means one without a master. An acharya (teacher) gives ‘shiksha’, which means knowledge; a guru gives ‘deeksha’ which me…

Guru principle is like Space

There is this song, ‘Ajo Ananthaya, Nitya Shudhaaya Sat-chid-ananda nanada GURU OM!’Ajo (Never Born), Ananthanya (Infinity), Nitya Shudhaaya (Forever …