There’s something about tennis that sets it apart from any other sport — at least for me. From early childhood I knew that this was going to be “my” sport, though it wasn’t until age 12 that I finally started taking lessons. We still used wooden racquets back then, and were brought up to honour […]

Dear friendsWish you all a very happy 2010. Tina and I took the last week of the past year off and had a truly pleasant rest in Sharjah and Dubai with her aunt’s family and my uncle’s family respectively. Returned and flew straight to Blore where Bawa, Dinesh and the Yes+ gang had put up […]

…to the Blogosphere! Where was I? Travelling? Not an excuse, thanks to iPhone and the Blackberry before it. Thinking? Well, think out loud and share it with us then. Naah, I have been revelling in two critical aspects of human life which I have always tried to stay away from; Negotiation, and Human Relationships. These […]

Article by Sri Sri Seekers on the spiritual path are curious to know about Enlightenment. What is Enlightenment? I say, Enlightenment is like a joke It is li ke a fish in the ocean searching for the ocean. Once upon a time, there was a congregation of fish, who got together to discuss who among […]

Article by Sri Sri: The big C of corruption can be countered by five more Cs The first, I would say, is the sense of Connectedness. A lack of connectedness or sense of belongingness breeds corruption in society. That is why, often, you see people looking for connections, in order to avoid corruption A sense […]

Melbourne, December 4, 2009: Below are excerpts of an interaction between Sri Sri and youth from Australia Sri Sri: There is an ancient saying: the first sign of intelligence is not to open your mouth! Having lost that opportunity, then you should not say anything unless you are asked a question. I would like to […]

Chennai, Nov. 26: The Mahasatsang had the characteristic elements of an Art of Living celebration: Gaan (music), Gyaan (knowledge) and Dhyaan (meditation). A team of highly talented musicians played a series of fusion pieces integrating Western rock and Indian classical music, after which Sri Sri spoke and guided everyone into meditation. “The 3Ms are very […]

Thank you all for those excellent responses; I have learnt from all of them. Wanted to share this one in particular from an old friend called Sagar, whose family has been instrumental in bringing AOL to New Barrackpore, a suburb of Kolkata.I feel we shd hv more such stories every now and then to stimulate […]

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Guruji begins His amazing commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali  with this conundrum. I haven’t figured it out yet so i thought of  handing it over to you all. Enjoy 🙂 Sri Sri: We will begin with a story, the greatest and most effective way of  conveying knowledge. Once upon a time, long ago, […]