Sat, 08/16/2014 Bangalore, India
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Well, you can’t say he cheated. He had everything, why would he cheat?
A student in the classroom cheats because he doesn’t know the answer. He is not capable. If he has not studied, then he cheats. A student who is thorough in his knowledge, why would he cheat? Tell me, will he cheat? There is no need to cheat. If you ask him any question, the student will answer because he is brilliant and has studied well.
Who will cheat? One who has not studied well. Who would steal and cheat? One who has no ability to earn money.
Who will cheat? One who has not studied well. Who would steal and cheat? One who has no ability to earn money.
Suppose a person is an artist who gets 50 lakh rupees when he performs a dance or sings a song, why would he cheat somebody? Why will he pick-pocket someone when he has the ability to generate money? Will he do it? What is the need. He need not do that.
Someone who plays music, he just performs and he gets money for that? Why would a cook cheat when he can cook and earn money?
Who would cheat? One who does not have the ability, doesn’t not know the skill and has a lot of lack. To fill the emptiness he cheats others. He knows he doesn’t have the ability to earn so he cheats, right!
So why would Krishna cheat anybody? He was a Yogeshwara, he had everything at his finger tips, why would he cheat? He used skills. That is not cheating, it is called skill. He was skillful. He was not dumb like Yudhisthira who put everybody in trouble.
That is the beauty. When you are always with dharma (righteousness), someone comes to help even if you are dumb and stupid. Even if you’re dumb and stupid there is always a support that comes to you. But, if you’re cunning and if you don’t have a pure heart, you don’t get nature’s support; the Divine's support.
Someone who plays music, he just performs and he gets money for that? Why would a cook cheat when he can cook and earn money?
Who would cheat? One who does not have the ability, doesn’t not know the skill and has a lot of lack. To fill the emptiness he cheats others. He knows he doesn’t have the ability to earn so he cheats, right!
So why would Krishna cheat anybody? He was a Yogeshwara, he had everything at his finger tips, why would he cheat? He used skills. That is not cheating, it is called skill. He was skillful. He was not dumb like Yudhisthira who put everybody in trouble.
That is the beauty. When you are always with dharma (righteousness), someone comes to help even if you are dumb and stupid. Even if you’re dumb and stupid there is always a support that comes to you. But, if you’re cunning and if you don’t have a pure heart, you don’t get nature’s support; the Divine's support.
Krishna just showed the way to be skillful.
At the end of the war, Duryodhana and all his brothers died in battle. Seeing this, Gandhari (mother of the Kauravas) got very angry and cursed Lord Krishna. She tells him, 'You have brought death to all my children by unfair means'.
At that moment, Lord Krishna reminds Gandhari, 'Dear Mother, when your own son Duryodhana came to touch your feet and take your blessings for victory, you had said, 'Yato Dharmaha Tato-Jayaha' (meaning, where there is Dharma, there will surely be victory). So you had blessed him saying that 'May Dharma be victorious'. What is my fault then and how am I to be blamed? I only helped to fulfill the blessing that you gave to your own son'.
Upon hearing this, Gandhari became silent. She realizes that somewhere it was her mistake, because such were the words of blessing that came from her mouth for her own son.
So this is not cheating. It is skill in action. How many of you feel your skills in communication has improved? (Many in the audience raise their hands). The path you are in definitely improves your skills.
At the end of the war, Duryodhana and all his brothers died in battle. Seeing this, Gandhari (mother of the Kauravas) got very angry and cursed Lord Krishna. She tells him, 'You have brought death to all my children by unfair means'.
At that moment, Lord Krishna reminds Gandhari, 'Dear Mother, when your own son Duryodhana came to touch your feet and take your blessings for victory, you had said, 'Yato Dharmaha Tato-Jayaha' (meaning, where there is Dharma, there will surely be victory). So you had blessed him saying that 'May Dharma be victorious'. What is my fault then and how am I to be blamed? I only helped to fulfill the blessing that you gave to your own son'.
Upon hearing this, Gandhari became silent. She realizes that somewhere it was her mistake, because such were the words of blessing that came from her mouth for her own son.
So this is not cheating. It is skill in action. How many of you feel your skills in communication has improved? (Many in the audience raise their hands). The path you are in definitely improves your skills.
Gurudev, why do some people get success easily and others have to strive hard?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
You cannot generalize this. Many factors are there in success. And what you mean by success is only one-sided success. Someone having a Rolls Royce or BMW is not necessarily success. Do they have confidence, peace of mind and happiness in their life? You should look into this.
Gurudev, how can I be sensitive but yet strong? When some unpleasant situation comes I tend to escape.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
You’ve noticed that you tend to escape, next time say, ‘No, I am going to face it'. Just that one dharana (thought), ‘I will face it', will take you along.
Just like you got one dharana that you want to go to Bangalore, you reached here right? You got a thought and you went behind the thought. Just like that you should keep adharana.
Just like you got one dharana that you want to go to Bangalore, you reached here right? You got a thought and you went behind the thought. Just like that you should keep adharana.
Is being successful related to spirituality in any way? I have friends who are atheist yet very successful. Is being spiritual just a support for the mind?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Being spiritual enhances your intelligence, intuition and innovative ability. It also gives you inner strength. Someone may say, ‘I am an atheist’, but he is surviving on the past luck, not earning anything new. They may appear to rise high but you will see that the fall will also be very fast.
You can never brand somebody an atheist. They may not be going to temple, or church, or mosque, but they may be doing something good. In their heart they may be praying silently. You never know.
You can never brand somebody an atheist. They may not be going to temple, or church, or mosque, but they may be doing something good. In their heart they may be praying silently. You never know.
Is spirit of enquiry most important or dispassion?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
When you watch television, what is important, seeing or hearing?
Be natural. Don’t sit with too many concepts. Free the freedom. Don’t burden yourself with too much understanding. Too much analysis is as bad as no analysis at all. Take the middle path.
You need to breathe in, that is passion. You need to breathe out, that is dispassion. Both are essential. You can’t say I only want dispassion. What do you want dispassion for? There is something in you which is beyond dispassion.
Dispassion is breathing out. Why should one breathe out? So that you can take a breath in again. Why are you breathing in? So that you can breathe out again. So, in life, all three are needed: passion, dispassion and compassion.
Be natural. Don’t sit with too many concepts. Free the freedom. Don’t burden yourself with too much understanding. Too much analysis is as bad as no analysis at all. Take the middle path.
You need to breathe in, that is passion. You need to breathe out, that is dispassion. Both are essential. You can’t say I only want dispassion. What do you want dispassion for? There is something in you which is beyond dispassion.
Dispassion is breathing out. Why should one breathe out? So that you can take a breath in again. Why are you breathing in? So that you can breathe out again. So, in life, all three are needed: passion, dispassion and compassion.
The ego is not dissolving into love or humility. It exhibits its idiosyncratic character. How do I handle this situation?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
These are all words. Don’t try to dissolve your ego. If you find you have one, just keep it in your pocket. It’s okay to have an ego. Let it be there. You try to dissolve the ego and that is what the problem is. Don’t try to dissolve it. Don’t label yourself that ‘I am idiosyncratic.’ Throw these labels out. There are so many such phrases that the West have come up with which has really no deep meaning.
When you read these psychology books your mind reels even more. What I would say is the antidote for ego is being natural.
Just act like a fool for one day, and you will see, where is the ego?
When you read these psychology books your mind reels even more. What I would say is the antidote for ego is being natural.
Just act like a fool for one day, and you will see, where is the ego?
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