How many times have you cried?

Jai GuruDev....

Just turn back and look at your life when you were a kid. How many times have you cried?

You cried as though hell has fallen on your head. You thought that was the end of the world and then sobbed and sobbed and then went off to sleep.

So what happened afterwards? Anything happened to you ? You remains unaffected by all these.

Try this :

You can come home happily and say with a smile, "today the entire job that I did flopped! There was no success in any of the work I did today." Anyway everything has flopped, so at least do not let the mind also flop.


You should have the guts to say "come what may I am not going to give up the smile on my face because I am much more than the event or the circumstances. Everything comes and goes, but I continue in spite of all the situations."

When somebody has passed away, you cannot say "Okay, now I am going to be happy" and smile and dance! No, you should not do that.

The ancient people had designed a methodology for this.

They said that if anyone dies in a house, the people of that house are in âEUR~ashoucha' for 10 days. For 10 days you can mourn and cry. After 10 days of mourning, on the eleventh day, they usually distribute sweets to the people, have a celebration, wear new clothes, have a family get together and have a feast.
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On the day of the final rituals, they take some ghee and water and put it on their eyes which give a cooling effect and then they decide. "Okay, now we get on with our life."


If a spiritual person passes away, then even this not there. Then every moment is a celebration because the sprit is all pervading.

In the same way, there is shoucha when a child is born in a house for 10 days. You are so excited because a new soul has come into your family. So be with all the excitement and happiness for 10 days. You are free from all the social rules and obligations for you to enjoy 100 per cent.


Then come back to your commitments and responsibilities.

• The sadness or sorrow is only in the circumference.
• It is like a cloud covering the light that you are.
• The nature of your being is joy. That needs to be uncovered.
• Again, you need not make a mood out of it.

Destiny is decided at birth. Then why should we anything?

Sri Sri: To improve yourself isalso a part of destiny. World is a combination of destiny and Karma. Some things can be changed, some things cannot be changed.


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Q: Why are we reborn?
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Sri Sri: I dont know about you but I am here just to have fun!

Guruji, who is dearest to you: a sadhak, devotee or an enlightened person?

Sri Sri: Just you!


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Q: If my birth is for self-realisation then why do I have to pass through so many sufferings?
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Sri Sri: So that you will know, that all these sufferings are nothing. They just come and go. You are much beyond that.

Guruji could you please explain what is Ego and how it can be eliminated?

Sri Sri: Ego is feeling the separation; don't try to eliminate ego, it becomes another ego ! Just keep it in the pocket.


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Q: Guruji, you said earlier that the ego is useful for action. Is it possible to act without ego?
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Sri Sri: Yes. An enlightened person will act without any ego. See, praising a wise person is useless. They will anyway do good work. They will continue doing good work even if you blame them.

Praise a fool -- that will pump up their ego and motivate them into doing good work. Have you noticed, the ego troubles ones own mind more than others?

Which is correct of the two

To say things to you or remain silent knowing that you know it all? *
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Sri Sri: Both are correct. If you wish to say something, say it out. If it is written to me, you write it. Otherwise know that it is taken care.

So what if I become rich, so what if I become successful, So what.. So what …. So what…

Sri Sri: So what if I don't answer this question?

For whatever has happened you can say so what. But for things in future if you say, so what if I ate anything, so what if I get sick… it doesn't work like that.

"So what", is used to go inwards, not when you are active. When you want to rest, when going to bed, you can use "so what". You don't want to go to bed with your coat, shirt and tie. Just like this mind is clinging on to some events, so we drop it using "so what".

It's a technique. It brings freedom. But you can't apply "so what" in activity. *

What is success?

Sri Sri: Success follows ability; ability comes when you have skill. And skill comes when you are quite. Real success is when you have smile, and no one can take that from you.



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Q: You say, choice is yours, blessings are mine. Can I have both?
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Sri Sri: A state of choicelessness is a blessing in life. If you get both you are very lucky.



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Q:What is prasaada?
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Sri Sri: It gives prasannata - blissful happiness.