Jai Gurudeva




Guru Ki Mahema Koi Na Jane Na Koi Pandi Na Hi Sayane
Ek hi Satya Guru Kripa
Ek hi lakshya Guru Charana Guru Charna
Ek hi Bhakti Guru Bhakti
Ek hi Gyan Atma Gyan


The ways of the Master are unfathomable. It is amazing to watch and learn how beautifully and skillfully our beloved Gurudev has handled this whole situation including the media on the pretext of assassination of terror attack bid on him. If you look at the past terror attacks like for example; the one that happened in West Bengal people have lost their lives.

It was only because of the high sattvic energy in the ashram environment this whole negative occurrence got nullified immediately. Guruji re-emphasized on the fact that to eliminate the root cause of rising terrorism around the world the only solution is Sadhana, Seva & Satsang in every house.

To bring peace to the world as a devotee we need to reach out to more and more people to get them on this path of meditation and knowledge, then this world will become a better place to live. Guruji assured us that there is a Suraksha Ka Kavach that we all are carrying with us.

I am proud to have such an amazing Guru in my life and I promise Guruji that I will we will make his vision of a stress free & violence free society a breathing reality.

ALL ? OF UR LIFE TURN INTO !





How do we handle the Mind?
Ans: When you throw a small pebble ina pond it creates a few ripples, in a bucket of water maybe some water splashes out, in a lake a few more ripples may arise, but in a river or ocean if yoiu throw a pebble, it goes unnoticed.Smiliarly situations will arise in your life in the form of a pebble.Now its up to you as to how you train your mind.Tapas can make your mind stronger i.e the willingness to go through discomfort.


Guruji, I like this path of Spirituality, Sadana, Seva in the Satsang, but sometimes I get bored. Is it alright to get mischievious at times?

Guruji: Yes, yes, but not at someone’s cost . You know when you are happy, small things can make you laugh, that is when your mind is stress free. If your mind is stressed you cannot laugh even to a big joke. When I go to retreat programmes. And if I am going up and down in the lift, and in the Lift sometimes people come with me in the lift and they just simply start laughing.


Guruji, Man is intelligent, but why animals lead a more healthy life? They do not suffer diseases and they are in harmony?
Guruji : You want to go back to animals!?!?! ?(Laughter) , but you are correct. Animals don’t go to the restaurant in the middle of the night and eat fast foods. Animals sleep at the right time and gets up at the right time.

They go for prey every day. They don’t store like man does. Mankind is exploiting nature so much. You know in Bangalore, we grew up with so many sparrows It is almost disappearing now.
(Someone from the crowd): But Guruji, ashram has sparrows.

Guruji: yes, yes, Ashram has sparrows, peacocks, elephants, rabbits;

Someone prompts from the crowd: Guruji, monkeys also.

What is success?
Guruji: 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.

Q: What motivate someone to take decision?
Guruji: It is different in different cases, sometimes it is just a smile.

Q: Guruji, what should we focus on commitment towards family or seva.
Guruji: Commitment towards the family is the first thing.

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A zebra is white with black stripes.
All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.
The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.

Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!
It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! )
A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap eh ? )

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.
In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.


Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil
55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. hello, zzzzz zzzz ?

TULSI-MOTHER OF ALL PLANTS

TULSI STRENGTHENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Tulsi is a rich anti-oxidant and is widely known for its anti-ageing properties and the immunity it offers against diseases. Tulsi is revered by Hindus who considered it to be a Goddess in the form of a plan.

In a religious tale, Lord Krishna was being weighed in gold and no amount of it could tilt the scales.The scales tipped only when a tulsi leaf was placed on the other pan with love and devotion.

The healing powers of the herb are considered to be legendary.A concoction of herbal tea is incomplete without Tulsi.Tulsi is a prime ingredient of culinary pastes and masalas.Tulsi plays a vital role in Ayurvedic Unani systems of medicines.

SAGAR MEIN EK LEHER UTHE TERE NAAM KI....

Hey Guys!



Today is my beloved Gurudev’s B’day. Very few people are blessed to get an opportunity to experience and enjoy the B’day of the Guru; the Divine.Guru’s b’day means the Devotee’s B’day. A devotee is a reflection of the Master. A Master like Poojya Sri Sri Ravi Shankar made his royal entry on the 13th May, 1956 i.e. ‘Tera Mein’. It’s amazing that Guruji’s birth date also implies and reflects a sense of belongingness. Some people may think that wow! What a coincidence. Well! , I believe it’s a pretty natural thing. Guruji was born in Papanasam in a small hometown in Tamilnadu.

And the main purpose of his birth is precisely the same, to eliminate sin from the life of mankind. Guruji was a miracle boy right from childhood. At the age of 4 he recited the entire Bhagavad Gita by heart and took everybody by surprise. He used to say when he was young, ‘The whole world is my family, and i.e. he believed in Vasudeva Kutumbakkam’.

Guruji’s vision is to bring a Smile in the face of every human being. As a devotee let’s take responsibility to make his vision a breathing reality by inspiring more and more people to walk the path and experience the unique gift bestowed by Gurudev to humankind: ‘The Sudarshankriya”. Guruji always says; “Ask yourself, what is the purpose of life? “Am I here only to make money, eat, and sleep, for fame, power, position & authority?

Guruji say’s “Broaden your vision & Deepen Your Roots. On the auspicious occasion of Guruji’s B’day lets all take a Sankalpa of joining hands with the vision of the Master so as to make a stress free, violence free, a happy & peaceful society.

NATURALNESS IS THE BEST

When a GIRL lays on your chest .. she is wishing for you to be hers forever.








When a GIRL wants to see you everyday... she wants to be pampered.




When a GIRL says ' I miss you ' .... no one in this world can miss you more than
that.






Life only comes around once make sure u spend it with the right person ....






Find a guy .. who calls you beautiful instead of hot.
who calls you back when you hang up on him.
who will stay awake just to watch you sleep. Wait for the guy who ... kisses
your forehead.







Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats.
Who holds your hand in front of his friends.





Who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you.
Who turns to his friends and says, ' That's her!!






BE NATURAL IN YOUR MOST INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

Girls Pretty Girls

When a GIRL is quiet ... millions of things are running in her mind.






When a GIRL is not arguing ... she is thinking deeply.







When a GIRL looks at u with eyes full of questions ... she is wondering how
long you will be around.






When a GIRL answers ' I'm fine ' after a few seconds ... she is not at all
fine.





When a GIRL stares at you she is wondering why you are lying.

Humor is Vital Catalyst of Life

Dear Mr Bill Gates

This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab . We have bought a computer for our home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your
notice.


After connecting to internet we planned to open e-mail account and whenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ****** appears, but in the rest of the fields whatever we typed appears, but we face this problem only in password field. We checked with hardware vendor Santa Singh and he said that there is no problem in
keyboard.

Because of this we open the e-mail account with password *****. I request you to check this as we ourselves do not know what the password is.

There is a button 'start' but there is no "stop" button. We request you to check this.

We find there is 'Run' in the menu. One of my friends clicked 'run ' has ran upto Amritsar ! So, we request you to change that to "sit", so that we can click that by sitting.

One doubt is that any 're-scooter' available in system? As I find only 're-cycle', but I own a scooter at my home.

There is 'Find' button but it is not working properly. My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot for tracing the key with this ' find', but unable to trace. Is it a bug??

Please confirm when u are going to give me money for winning 'HEARTS' (playing cards in games) and when are u coming to my home to collect your money.

My child learnt 'Microsoft word' now he wants to learn 'Microsoft sentence', so when you will provide that?

I brought computer, cpu, mouse and keypad lekhin there is only one icon with 'MY Computer', remaining ka kya huwa?

Aur ye to kamal hai, windows says 'MY Pictures' lekhin there is not even single photo of mine, So when you will keep my photo in that..

There is 'MICROSOFT OFFICE' what about 'MICROSOFT HOME' since I use the PC at home only.

From:
Banta Singh,
Punjab

Moral of the Story

Success is the buzz word among youth nowadays. What is success? It is ignorance of your capabilities. You have set a limitation on yourself and whenever you cross that limitation or boundary you claim success. Success is ignorance of the power of yourself because you assume you can do only that much.
Every achievement takes you to a state of pride. Actually you should feel sorry about it because you do not know that you can do much more than what you are proud of. Surrender both success and failure to the divine.

FORMULA FOR REAL SUCCESS = Committed to Your Work + Comfortable with Yourself. Sadhana, Seva, Satsang & Knowledge can aid you towards real success.

SUCESS STORY.....CONTINUES

Comfort is based on commitment. Other people’s commitment brings comfort to you. For eg: The milkman’s commitment to bring you milk gives you the comfort of being able to have a cup of tea in the morning. Similarly, commitment should bring comfort to everyone else. Sometimes people say, oh I am stuck with the commitment so I am unhappy. Now don’t think every commitment will be smooth from the beginning. If you are committed to be a good volunteer, devotee or teacher there is bound to be some rough time in between.

Role of Commitment
Commitment can take you across all obstacles, the greater the commitment, greater the achievement. The more committed you are, the more your capacity and capability to do any work. It gives you an opportunity to go beyond your comfort zone. Your commitment has to be more than what you think you can do. Commitment is about stretching your capabilities. Commitment is the way to success.

THE REAL SUCCESS FORMULA BY GURUJI!

Jai Gurudeva Guys!

I read a very interesting article written by Guruji on the Real Success.


Why do you need money. Because you want comfort.What you are looking for in life is comfort. Any need in any direction boils down to one word comfort. Where is comfort, is it in the body or in the mind.It is in a combination of both. Sometimes when the body is not comfortable, the mind is also not comfortable and vice versa. More than the body the comfort of the mind is more important.

The mind is three times more powerful than the body, so mental comfort is three times more powerful than physical comfort. There are 3 types of comfort: Physical Comfort, Mental Comfort & Spiritual Comfort. If you are sitting on the grass you would prefer a cushion. A comfortable mind is more important than a comfortable home and bed. You have everything, but if someone close to you doesn’t speak to you or does something that hurts you, then your emotional comfort is gone. Comfort of the soul, total peace uninterrupted flow of peace and joy from within. Comfort means being at ease with yourself.