Q: Guruji, there is celebration in your presence. How to keep up the same celebrative mindset in your physical absence? 

Sri Sri: To keep up with the same celebrative mindset you need to inculcate certain disciplines. Follow certain things. They are a) Not talk too much. Talking too much makes a person tired. Then while you are conversing a lot of ‘ buts’ and ifs will arise. This may lead to an unnecessary argument and then end up in an unnecessary bitterness!! So it is better to talk less. b) Then second thing is often you make a plan and talk on the plan too much. There is no need to think over and over again on the plan and explain to someone about it. c) The third thing is if you are not able to enthuse people, at least don’t loose your enthusiasm. d) Then the fourth thing is, do not engage yourself in eating or sleeping too much. Or even watching TV, or reading books. These in turn can reduce your enthusiasm. The best thing would be is to be with your self. Listen to music. Exercise and do some yoga. That way you will be able to retain your enthusiasm. 


Q: Guruji, it is said that “Moksha mulam Gurur Kripa”. By the grace of the Guru is it possible to have everyone in this planet free? 

Sri Sri: Don’t start thinking about every person. Everyone will get freedom at their own time. Better you focus on yourself. If you keep the desire to be free (liberated), surely you will be free… depends how intense your desire has been! 


Q: Guruji they say that the path of spirituality is the part for people with Valour. What should one do to attain valor? 

Sri Sri: Every individual in this creation is spiritual. Some are aware and some are not aware. We need to be simple. Natural. Just be natural. Don’t hurt anyone. Do your seva sadhna and automatically everything will just fall in place. 


Q: How does God see the world? 

Sri Sri: God cannot see two. For God there is no you and I. He can only see himself in everything and everyone!! 


Q: Guruji, Can Moksha can be achieved by following the path of Karma yoga, Bhakti Yoga or Gyana yoga? 

Sri Sri: First you should desire for Moksha, and then you drop it! 


Q: Why did Buddha leave home to attain self-knowledge? 

Sri Sri: He was not Buddha when he left home. He was only Siddhartha at that time. When He became Buddha he came back. After enlightenment he came back home. Buddha saw some dead bodies some diseased people and certain questions came to his mind. He wanted to seek the answers for those questions. He thought that he may not get the answers of those questions if he is at home. After few years he got the answers and came back home. He made his son a sanyasi, he took his aunt, and his wife as a sanyasi. The whole family joined him!! People who have read the life story will surely know this. 


Q: Guruji, how to fight ignorance with knowledge? 

Sri Sri: You cannot fight ignorance with knowledge. Because light cannot fight darkness. That kind of fight is useless!! Because where there is light, there cannot be any darkness. Immediately when light comes darkness vanishes. Then how do you fight? To fight you need equals! Tell me is darkness equal to light? No. Nobody can fight with ones own shadow. It is foolishness. Same way ignorance and knowledge can never meet. To fight, you at least need to meet right? They never meet. When they meet the existence of darkness disappears. It is gone, finished. Do you see what I am saying? Just wake up and understand!! What you see is precious. Human life is very precious!! Consider everybody a part of you. Never mind if they don’t consider. You consider them a part of you. 


Q: Guruji, is everyone going to reach the destination at the end? 

Sri Sri: Yeh, tossing turning shaking moving ultimately everyone is going to reach (laughter). Its like you are in a compartment of a train. You think you are moving too much, up and down… to and fro. But the train is ultimately taking you to its destination. You can jump, do shirshaasana, lie down, stand… do what ever! (Laughter). Ultimately you are going to reach!! That’s why in Sanskrit it is called ‘Madhukari Vidya’. It is such a path. That’s why they say, Salutations to the path. Salutations to the traveler. Buddham sharanam Gacchami – Salutations to Buddha Shangam saraman gacchami - Salutations to the sangha. Margam Sharanam gacchami – Salutations to the path. 


Q: Guruji in certain temples chanting is done just for the heck of it. Its not done from the heart. In such a case will it have good effect on impact? 

Sri Sri: No. it may not have as good impact. If chanting is done with the meaning and as well as the bhava(feelings), then there will be a very good impact. Like during Navratri. How many have you have felt the energy during the Navratri puja? Because all the priests who chants knows what they are chanting. 


Q: Guruji what is action and what is inaction? How do we understand and differentiate? 

Sri Sri: The wise is one who sees action in inaction and inaction in action. When you observe your heart beat, your breathing what’s happening in your head etc. You see that you are not doing anything! Everything is happening!! That is action in inaction. Ask any convict, what did you do? They will never say, I have done. Some thing inside them made it happen for them. They will say, I have not done anything. Similarly ask any successful man, how did you do? He will say, I have not done anything. When you sit and observe, your heart is beating, you are breathing… then something inside you settles down. As something settles inside you start relaxing deep. When you relax deep than that gives rise to the intelligence. When your intelligence sharpens then you become dynamic, as you become dynamic, skills comes to you. This all happens when you are not in a hurry. When you are in a hurry you cannot come out with anything beautiful, anything creative. When you do a big project, after completion you often feel you have not done it. How many of you felt that you have not done it, it just happened? Raise your hands. So that is seeing inaction in action.