The Sanskrit word for birthdays is Jayanti. Jayanti means the pinnacle of victory. Victory is always associated with duality, war, conflict, but birth is beyond conflict because it is celebration. This is when the ocean became the wave and will become ocean again after some years. A birthday is a time to remember that the […]

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Q: How can I free myself from the polarity of dependence and independence so that I will be free for real? Sri Sri : There is nothing called total independence in life. Forget about it. If you are thinking “I want to be totally independent” — you are not. Till the age of 15, 16 […]

…..from houseboat in Kerala!

My favourite flautist, Pandit Nityanand Haldipur, will be performing on Monday the 19th October 2009 at 6.30 early morning in “Diwali Pahat” at SPJIMR Auditorium of Bhavans’ College, Andheri (W) for Bhavans Cultural Centre. Shri Omkar Gulvady will accompany him on the Tabla. He has very kindly invited all of us to the concert. It’s […]

Do check out this new offering from one of my favourite guitarists; it’s actually available for free download, though he requests all of us to support a specific charity http://www.ottmarliebert.com/rose/

My sister Aditi and her hubby Aakash had their first baby on Sep 22. Here are the first pics of my nephew Siddhant 🙂

The Art Of Living Bureau of Communications is happy to announce the launch of Season 2 of Yuva Bharat Special Episodes with The  Art  of Living on ETV Channels. These special episodes are in the form of  a 20 part series to be  aired on 11 channels of ETV Network every saturday, starting coming Saturday, i.e. 12.9.2009 as […]

This picture was probably taken by Dr Eberhard Baumann in Paris, many years ago, but please correct me if the photographer’s name is incorrect 🙂

  This blog post is in response to Questions asked by the blog readers. Checkout, ask questions and Questions and Answers List.   Q: In Ashtavakra Gita, Guruji mentions that if you are at peace, then violence will not be able to exist in your presence, but if you look at the history of various Saints, […]