Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a globally respected spiritual and humanitarian leader, known for promoting a stress-free and violence-free society. He has developed impactful programs empowering individuals to address challenges at various levels – global, national, community and individual.
Through his initiatives and messages, Gurudev has touched the lives of millions worldwide, breaking down barriers of race, nationality and religion. He consistently emphasizes the significance of reinforcing human values and recognizing our interconnectedness as a global family. Here, let’s find inspiration through some noteworthy quotes from him.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Positive Mind Quotes
Every emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you can change the emotion. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Real beauty is when you’re centered, when our mind is with the truth. That is how every baby is beautiful because they are centered. – 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
Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind. – 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
Be ready to face the worst. This will leave you with stability in your mind. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Curiosity is the beginning of the mind, wonder is the end of the mind. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If our mind is pure, our desires get manifested quickly. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If something is not working today, then something better is in store. This surety should be in our mind. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If you can win over your mind, you can win over the whole world. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If you’re not at peace, nothing else matters. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Keeping the mind happy makes work effortless. This is the skill for productivity! – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Knowledge of life brings confidence, and Knowledge of death makes you fearless and centred. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Let the mind calm down and the heart start to open. Then everything will be very obvious. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
One whose mind is turned inwards is ever in bliss. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The best form of service is to uplift someone’s state of mind.
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Think about a world which never irritated you. You’d be stuck with it forever. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Your world is very small. Your world is bundle of your experiences. Have you observed this? – 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
When you make Service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind and gives you meaning. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Why can’t we control our anger? because we love perfection. Make a little room for imperfection in our lives. – 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
Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When someone is drowning in the ocean of attachments, Surrender is the life jacket they can put on and wait for the rescue team. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There is no use getting angry at something that has already happened. All you can do is your best to check it doesn’t happen again. – 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
You can get angry, shout and be upset, but that should only be for as long as a line stays on the surface of water. Then it is healthy. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If too many desires come in your mind, or too much restlessness and agitation then food, atmosphere and association have been the cause. – Sri Sri 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
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
Memory tends to hold on to the negative. That which reverses this tendency of holding onto the negative to becoming positive, is spirituality. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you move with this thought that ‘I want’, then the mind wanders. When you move with this thought that ‘I have received’, then you are content. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Do you know what is needed for non-violent communication? Patience! Look inside and see, ‘Am I am losing my patience?’ If yes, then increase your patience. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Don’t keep your head turned backwards. Look ahead and move on. You are trying to walk forward with your head turned backward. This is why you feel miserable. Just let go! – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy. In always wanting perfection, you become angry. In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In your very nature, in the depth of your mind, there is omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience. All knowledge is already in the depth of your consciousness, of your mind. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Peace is the first step to equip yourself to face problems. Once you find the peace and the inner strength, then you can face any problem. It won’t even appear as a problem then.
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Usually what we do is: we hurry the mind but are slow in our action. Impatience means hurry in the mind; lethargy means slowness in action. Patience in the mind and dynamism in action is the right formula. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
When you are confused, it’s a blessing because in confusion a concept is being broken in your mind and a new concept is being formed. This is a sign of progress. – 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
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