Shravanthi Shankar Quotes

Good people are not those who lack flaws, the brave are not those who feel no fear, and the generous are not those who never feel selfish. Extraordinary people are not extraordinary because they are invulnerable to unconscious biases. They are extraordinary because they choose to do something about it. ~ Shankar Vedantam

I say, drop all your defenses. Anyone can make a mistake - even you. Do not defend your mistakes; just accept them and move on. When you are totally defenseless, that is when you will be completely strong. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Meditation is the journey from sound to silence, from movement to stillness, from a limited identity to unlimited space. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Your worries, your feelings, your thoughts arise in your own mind. You are totally responsible for all your feelings - how you feel, what you think, what you do ... You are responsible. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A game is where you win and lose, and both are part of it. When there is more chance of losing, it is more charming. The game has value when it is tough. So some little problems that come in life are part of the whole game. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

No person can ever be called friendless for he has the company of books. ~ I.R. Shankar

Dvityadvai bhayam bhavati which means, Fear is the result of duality. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

If something can bring you great pleasure, it can also bring you pain. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Worrying doesn't make any difference, but working does and spirituality gives one the strength to work ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Drop all your botheration to me and be free of worry ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When you are happy time appears shorter, when you are sad time appears longer. And in meditation we transcend time! ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Our breath plays a very important role in our life. The breath is the connecting link between the inner world of the mind and the outer world of the body and environment. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

In the presence of your Satguru, knowledge flourishes; sorrow diminishes; without any reason joy wells up; lack diminishes, abundance dawns and all talents manifest ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Meditation is not 'going somewhere;' it's diving deep here, this moment. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

To love someone whom you like is insignificant.
To love someone because they love you is of no consequence.
To love someone whom you do not like means you have learned a lesson in life.
To love someone who blames you for no reason shows that you have learned the art of living. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Dissolving the name is awareness.
Dissolving the form is meditation.
The world is name and form.
Bliss transcends name and form. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Meditation is the only way you can transcend the negative thoughts, and then positive thoughts will come spontaneously & automatically. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Retain your shyness and drop your shame. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sadhana is the real currency that you can use anywhere ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship. ~ Ravi Shankar

Human is very odd living being. I have not understood anything so far. ~ Shankar Lamichhane

I tell you, deep inside you is a fountain of bliss, a fountain of joy. Deep inside your center core is truth, light, love, there is no guilt there, there is no fear there. Psychologists have never looked deep enough. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

If you turn back time and look, 5100 years ago in the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna did the same thing. He has been the first HR manager India knows. When Arjuna was so depressed and was not ready to do his job, Lord Krishna was with him in the battlefield, and told him all sorts of things. First, He warned Arjuna that people would blame him for sure. Then He incited Arjuna's ego and tried to wake him up. And then He offered His disciple different incentives, saying, "If you win, you will have the kingdom. If you lose, you will enjoy Heaven. Come on, fight." In many ways, Lord Krishna lifted Arjuna out of that depression. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The wave uniting with its depth is yoga. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Boredom is a blessing when it leads you to wisdom. And boredom is a curse when it leads you to frustration and depression. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you'll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going. ~ Ravi Shankar

Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Meditate. A few minutes of deep meditation will connect you with the ocean of intuition deep within you. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

This ancient practice of the Rudrabhishekam, with the chanting of mantras, has been happening since thousands of years. It creates such a deep resonance in our consciousness, because our consciousness is very ancient ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Feeble minds are tamed,great minds always conquer.. ~ I.R. Shankar

Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Today is my birthday and I'm very happy, not because it's my birthday today...I'm happy because I have paid one more installment of my life. ~ Gauri Shankar Gupta

One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours. ~ Ravi Shankar

We are always looking for solutions from someone else. We forget that if we turn our mind inward, we can get some ideas, some solutions. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I am not a man of the present. I am a man who is yet to be born, a thousand years from today. And in that distant future, these limitations of nationality, religion, faith and politics will no longer exist. ~ Shankar Lamichhane

There is only two types of women in the world:
1. beautiful
2. very beautiful ~ Gauri Shankar Gupta

Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The overwhelming problem in the world today, everyone knows, is terrorism, where people in the name of religion kill each other, kill others just to go to heaven, and thinking only they will go to heaven. ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The very purpose for being in this body, for every one of us, is to live and rejoice in that virgin area, that untouched, pure and ever green,blissful area of our Self ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar