S Shankar Quotes & Sayings

For a seeker, Guru Purnima is a day of significance, is a day of New Year. It is the day to review one's progress on the spiritual path and renew one's determination and focus on the goal, and to resolve what one wants to do in the coming year — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Keeping the mind happy makes work effortless. This is the skill for productivity! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Have "eternal wait," infinite patience. When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you. Either through awareness or through practice you reach the same spot. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Lord Shiva is seated deep in everyone's heart. He is Nirguna (One who is without form or its attributes). He is Nirakaar (Has no shape or form), and He is the Para-Brahman (Supreme transcendental Consciousness) that is all pervading. Believe in this. This is Rudra Puja — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Healthy is being physically strong, mentally calm and steady and emotionally soft — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It's absolutely like a prayer. — Ravi Shankar

The source of your mind is love and whatever you do to go to that source, is spiritual practice. — 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

When every action of yours is preceded by witnessing, then every move you make in this world becomes perfect and significant. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

There are 64 divine mother impulses which govern the subtle creation. These are responsible for restoring all earthly and spiritual benefits. They are simply part of one's awakened consciousness. These nine nights are celebrated to rekindle those divine impulses and celebrate the innermost depth of our lives — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Some students look at the problems that they're facing and they draw global conclusions from them. They say this is not just a professor giving me a bad grade or someone not sitting next to me in the cafeteria. This reflects that fact that I am not ready for college, or I shouldn't be in this college at all. — Shankar Vedantam

Contentment and happiness! Do everything happily. Walk,
talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody,
do it happily. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The criteria for success: you are free, you live in the present moment, you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all humanity. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Joy is never tomorrow it's always now! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Whatever you put attention on will start manifesting in your life. Intention, attention, manifestation; that is how the universe works. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

If you are bombarded by so many thoughts in solitude, you are in ignorance. If you are calm even amidst a crowd then you are in knowledge. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When mind controls man, it's ... Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it's ... Yoga — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

One who can learn to flow with the current as well as manage the current is the successful one. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

That which you cannot express is Love.
That which you cannot reject/renounce is Beauty.
That which you cannot avoid is the Truth. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Author compares the impact of biases to his experience as an average swimmer who overcame a considerable fear of water. While the swimming was easy in one particular experience, he was internally congratulating himself on his acquired skill. But when he realized he was swimming with a current he would now have to fight against, he realized just how definite his limits were. — Shankar Vedantam

VIKRAM SHANKAR SQUINTED DOWN the long metal barrel. Framed squarely in the sight, not two hundred feet away, the white tiger sat on its haunches, its lower jaw drooping, ribs rippling under a mat of chocolate-striped fur. A sweet shot. Vikram's right finger closed over the trigger. He inhaled slowly, deliberately. Too seasoned a hunter to let the thrill overcome judgment, he took his time, savoring the anticipation. — Phoenix Sullivan

You sell your happiness for peanuts! You sell your smile for pennies! I tell you, it's not worth it. The entire world is not worth your smile. Even if you are made the king or the emperor of the world, it's not worth giving away your smile. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

We do yoga to make life more beautiful.. to stop misery from entering our world. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Walk lightly on this # planet and yet leave such a # footprint that cannot be erased for thousands of years! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A Presence is in control of the whole Universe. You just do your part and relax! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Recognize and honour your uniqueness. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

see it spick and span, as if nothing had happened there. She looked at Shweta, with a 'thank you' and 'what was the need' in her eyes. As she scanned the room, her eyes caught Shweta's suitcase, all packed, and kept on the floor. "Shwets, I had a very long and tiring day. I am in no mood for any more surprises. Please tell me that you are not planning to throw — Amit Shankar

The greatest memories a person might have in their life is, childhood. It's really a painful nostalgia. — Lathish R. Shankar

Why do you think you are weak? Wake up and see you have all the strength. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Nature loves you ten times more than a mother loves her newborn. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Nature will never confront you with a problem you can't solve. You already have the answer, that is why the question appears before you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Do not make an effort to impress others. When you come from the self, your expression is perfect and your impression lasts for ages. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The path of love is not a tedious path. It's a path of joy. It's a path of singing and dancing. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

'Ravi' means 'sun.' It's a Sanskrit original word. And 'Shankar' is another name of Shiva, one of the holy trinity god that we worship. — Ravi Shankar

I try to give to my music the spiritual quality, very deep in the soul, which does something even if you are not realizing it or analyzing it - that's the duty of the music. — Ravi Shankar

My life is an abstract life. I am avoiding it everyday and it's avoiding me everyday. — Shankar Lamichhane

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

Cancer's only one page in my life, and I will not allow this page to impact the rest of my life. — Ananda Shankar Jayant

The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based! If you can't find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth about what happened, you don't deserve to wear that uniform! — Ronald D. Moore And Naren Shankar

The best form of service is to uplift someone's state of mind. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When you see # happiness in the happiness of others, that's when you will be truly happy. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Love combined with wisdom is bliss, and that is devotion. Devotion is a strong bond, a sense of belongingness. Everybody is born with it. It's just like becoming a child again — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

As I write, My fingers tap tap the keys the way Ravi Shankar's fingers pluck and strum the strings of his sitar. — Christina Westover

If you're saddened by another's sorrow, then sorrow will never come to you. If you are happy at another's joy then joy will never leave you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When you wake up and see the whole creation is my valentine, the country is my valentine, the Divinity is my valentine, knowledge is my valentine then Valentine's Day will never end for you. All 365 days is Valentine's Day. That is how I feel - everyday is Valentine's Day — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Make your home God's home and there will be light, love and abundance — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When you judge others, look at yourself - You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn't judge you. Who are you to judge? — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Life is more than matter. If it were just matter, there would be no need for comfort. Matter does not feel comfort or discomfort, beauty or ugliness, love or compassion, joy or sorrow. Will a chair ever feel sorry or happy? No, matter does not have these finer values. They belong to the realm of the spirit. But life is also more than spirit. If it were just spirit, there would be no need for water, food, or rest. Human life is a combination of both matter and spirit. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Suffering is a product of limited knowledge. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

For those who do not have faith in God, fear is a way to protect them. But if faith is strong, there is no anxiety about something in danger. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Your world is very small. Your world is bundle of your experiences. Have you observed this? — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

If you are passionate, be passionate about the highest, the most wonderful, and the most beautiful. Be passionate about this entire creation for everything is so beautiful. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

You are all that you are longing for. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When people lose faith in the natural goodness of the human character, the lack of trust in spiritual goodness, that is one reason why corruption has become so widespread today. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A healthy mind always likes to adore others, elevate them. An unhealthy mind likes to pull everything down. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

We communicate much more through our presence than the words. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Whatever is needed for you and your body will be taken care of, when you know this the lack will disappear from your life. When you realise ISHA permeates your everything you relax and are at ease - that is when things happen. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Keeping the mind open to new ideas, not being too anxious about success, putting 100% effort and meditation is the formula for entrepreneurs. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I was invited for the first Woodstock. Actually, I started the programme. — Ravi Shankar

When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way. — Ravi Shankar

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

Your love is unique. Let love remain love, don't give it any name. The love that is defined by a relationship is limited. The love that is beyond relationships, that is true love — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

On Pt. K.L. Misra
To write about him is to write about Greatness. To discuss him is to discuss Intellectual Brilliance. To think of him is to think of Modesty, Simplicity and Lucidity. To remember him is to remember Nationalism at its finest hour. He was not one of those who merely achieved greatness nor certainly one of those upon whom greatness was thrust-he was in fact born great. - Siddharth Shankar Ray, Senior Advocate — Munindra Misra

If you ever feel lonely and feel that no one loves you and cares for you - remember me. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Know that humiliation does not weaken you, it strengthens you. The more egoistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have a greater sense of kinship, you do not feel humiliated. When you are steeped in love with the Existence, with the Divine, nothing whatsoever can humiliate you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Your life is infinite. You are as old as these mountains and you will remain for ever. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Even stupid people have a role to play
in your life. They make you wiser and
more patient. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Spirituality is a harmonious blend of outer silence and inner celebration; and also inner silence and outer celebration! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Infinity means it is permeating all the finite things, — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When the mind is free of fear, guilt, anger and is more centered, then it holds the power to heal any ailment. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Your life is perfect, it is a perfect plan; it is a spontaneous miracle. It is both every moment. — 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

You are always a winner. Sometimes you win, sometimes you make others win. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength. — 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

Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

How do we get out of our small mind? When we enquire into the core of our existence. What is life? Who am I? This spirit of self-inquiry can awaken something inside you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

When you are totally defenseless, that's when you'll be strong. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A mind in the present moment is meditation. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

See the possibility that people and things can change at any time and don't hold on to judgements. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar