प्रश्नकर्ता: मेरा सवाल फिर से मृत्यु के ऊपर ही है। आम ज़िन्दगी में जीवन के बारे में बोला जाता है कि जीवन आनन्द है या जीवन यह है, पर इसमें मृत्यु की कोई बात नहीं आती। जैसे आध्यात्मिकता में भी आप देखें तो लोगों ने मृत्यु पर ज़्यादा चर्चा नहीं… read_more
What is the ultimate purpose of life? Earning money or happiness? How can this stupid thing be the purpose of life?
The common happiness that we know, I have said, has two characteristics: one, it is an acquired conditioning, and second, it depends on the presence of sadness. So, if… read_more
If you have seriously something worthwhile to do in life, then time is a friend. But if you are just loafing around and you fully well know that you are just killing time, then obviously time is an enemy. Every passing moment reminds you that you are committing a crime… read_more
Welcome pain. You have no option. That’s the way life is meant to be. Life is suffering. Because not only are you designed to have pain, you are also designed to resist pain.
Have pain, and have a lot of depth in your being. So much depth that it can… read_more
Happiness and sadness are both wonderful, are both welcome.
But in some deep sense, sadness is a little better than happiness. It teaches us a little more than happiness does. It elevates us a little more than happiness does. It has a certain purifying effect that happiness does not quite… read_more
Where are the pleasures? I do not see any pleasures! I do not see anybody being pleased. You are talking of renunciation of pleasures as if pleasures do exist. Where are the pleasures? Go to a weekend party and show me who is happy. And if people were indeed happy,… read_more
The Upanishads were not composed to give you the normal kind of comfort and happiness. The Upanishads are there to give you an exalted happiness, a transcendental happiness, an eternal happiness. A happiness so rare and exquisite that it is not called as harṣa or moda or prasannatā; a… read_more
Even if you want a deeper pleasure, you will have to go deeper into the mind, and going deeper into the mind is what the spiritual process is all about.
If the fellow is a lover of the good things of life, let’s say a complete hedonist, then encourage him… read_more
Know your duty and give yourself totally to it. Will there be pleasure? No sir, not at all. There would be some higher than pleasure, more fulfilling, more satisfying than pleasure. Pleasure is a turncoat: today one thing, tomorrow another thing.
The one who lives by his duty, his dharma… read_more
If it was possible for one man to move towards greatness, it was possible for everybody. Nothing hurts the small man more than seeing a great man in his vicinity, or a small man trying to move towards greatness. It’s an utter insult.
The moment even one person defies smallness… read_more
Several people dislike their few glimpses of joy. They hold themselves accountable, they hold themselves guilty for having tasted even a few drops of joy, because joy is not a socially sanctioned kind of happiness. Joy is deep, disruptive, rebellious. It takes you far away from everything into yourself. It… read_more
You must learn aloneness. Before you relate with people, you must be very, very comfortable with yourself. If you are someone who can not be with herself comfortably, easily, gladly, then kindly spare the other person. If you are not alright with yourself, then don’t start piggybacking on the other.… read_more
Heaven should be a happy place instead, but all the happy ones are found in hell. All hours in hell are happy hours, and heaven is such a dry place. Why have you allowed that? All the people who are laughing, giggling, they are all found in hell.
Somebody said… read_more
All the trauma that you experience on a daily basis, that you happily call as life. All the nonsense you remain mired in, that you happily call as life. Your interactions and your relationships with all the foolish and unworthy and mediocre people, that you will gladly accept as life.… read_more
कार खरीद कर और फर्नीचर खरीद कर ज़िंदगी नहीं बन जाती है। सुख के नाम पर क्या है? एक गाड़ी है, एक ईएमआई पर घर खरीद लिया है, एक घर पहले से था, फिर बीवी है जो बुढ़ा रही है, दो बच्चे हैं जो खून पीने को तैयार हो रहे… read_more
Do not call joy as freedom from pleasure. Just call joy as higher pleasure. If you call joy as higher pleasure, then it becomes possible to sacrifice lower pleasures for the sake of the higher pleasure called joy.
Otherwise, spirituality remains very scary to people who have been spoken to… read_more
Whatever has come to the mind has come with a promise. What is the promise? The promise is: I will give you peace.
The mind feels inadequate. The mind feels incomplete. Whosoever promises it completion, the mind latches on to it. It could be a thought, it could be a… read_more
The old scriptures warned us that if you do bad, you will receive bad. You can be utterly evil and yet lead a very, very happy life. In fact, the more evil you are, chances are, the more prosperous and more happy you would be found.
So, the ancient trick… read_more
Some psychedelics, some drugs, some excitement, some women, some booze—that’s what your pleasure is, right? High-speed driving, somehow managing a room in a posh hotel, walking into it with a girl—that’s what your pleasure is.
All the fun and merry-making will never give you what you really want. So have… read_more
Have you ever wondered what kind of perverse pleasure people find in denigrating Gods? The pleasure is, “If I am not high, why should I allow you to remain high? You must be pulled down because, as far as I am concerned, I refuse to rise up. I refuse to… read_more
प्रेम का अर्थ ये नहीं कि, “तुम मुझे खुश रखो, मैं तुम्हें खुश रखूँ।“ बिलकुल भी नहीं!
जिससे देह का सुख मिल गया, जिससे मन का सुख मिल गया, धन का सुख मिल गया उसी को कह दिया, ‘इससे प्रेम है।‘ यही है न प्रेम हमारा?
दूसरे को सुख देने… read_more
ये लाज की, धिक्कार की बात है कि छोटे से सुख से ही खरीद लिया गया। अगर मैं छोटा आदमी होऊँगा ज़रूर, जो छोटे से सुख से बिलकुल लार टपका दी मैंने। फिर सवाल पूछते हैं अपने-आप से कि, “तू इतना गिर गया, इतनी बड़ी चीज़ हो गई तेरे लिए… read_more
There is no search as ignorant, as useless, and as tragic as the search for happiness. And unfortunately, happiness or sukha is something that all your well-wishers want for you, that all the markets and systems in the world promise you, and all that your mind is mad for.
It… read_more
Remember that all that you remember is not worthy of remembering. You will be at peace.
Know that all that you know is really not worthy of being known. You will remain lighter.
Remember that all that you have is not necessary to be had. You will remain humble.
Remember… read_more
You cannot wish for health only in the moments when the virus attacks you. When pain hits you, then you cry out, “Awareness, awareness!” but in your moments of pleasure you forget all about it.
Health will not suddenly come to you. But if you have been healthy, then health… read_more
In vikarma (sinful action) you say, “I am already liberated and I don’t need any liberation.” In vikarma, the one who is in bondages is so deeply dishonest that he starts proclaiming his liberation and says, “I am already liberated. Who needs liberation? I am happy and I will… read_more
We are brilliant artists—makeup artists. We are adept in calling false happiness as happiness. We pretend to be happy when we are not even happy, and all of us know fully well what I am talking of. Go to your social media pages and you will see what we are… read_more
Sex is nothing but a killer of your precious time. You think it is a means of pleasure; it is rather a killer of your precious time.
If you could honestly calculate how much of your life has gone towards sex and sex-related activities, you would be horrified; you would… read_more
The mind is a simmering cauldron, always burning. Now, tell me what coolness is.
The mind is a madman rushing about, stumbling, falling, getting up randomly, darting, hurtling. Now, tell me what calmness is.
These aren’t things that first come to the exterior and can later be extended to the… read_more
What do you call as a positive thought? A thought that makes you happy. A thought about your well-being. A thought that you would be alright or better off. A thought of hope.
But hope is not ever certain. Hope is always accompanied by fear. You hope that you might… read_more
Happiness is when you have something with you that makes you feel happy. Joy is when you do not need anything in particular to feel happy.
Happiness is to carry the obligation to be happy. Joy is when you are no more obligated to be happy.
If these basics are… read_more
Look at a river, or look at a tree; both have life cycles. Once the tree was tender and young, there was a particular way it responded to the wind. And now the tree is getting old, now there is another way it responds to the wind. Both are beautiful.… read_more
You must love joy so much that even a slight departure towards stress or tension should activate an inner alarm. All these imaginations that take you away from your natural joy, the moment they arise you must start feeling restless; you must start feeling as if distanced from your own… read_more
The dog knows love in spite of never having been taught anything about love. And man is continuously being taught love and man does not know love. The dog fully well knows that it is right to be loyal to the hand that feeds you. The dog knows, and the… read_more
Some drugs, some excitement, some women, some booze—that’s what your pleasure is, right? High speed driving, somehow managing a room in a posh hotel, walking into it with a girl—that’s what your pleasure is. How does the bedsheet look after the night? How is the morning after the rampage? How… read_more
There are many for whom love is just a great sari. Then they don’t need love: in lieu of love, you can give them a great sari, and they are happy.
Often when they need a sari, they do not say they need a sari. She won’t directly say, “Get… read_more
Do you know why pizzas are so overpriced? If a pizza is selling for 400 bucks, 100 is the cost of the pizza and 300 is the cost of the peace. That is why you pay so much for the pizza.
When you go to a luxury hotel and pay… read_more
When I look at people who are in the race for money, the first question I ask them is: Tell me, really, what are you compensating for? What hole are you trying to fill? There is surely some bottomless pit and endless well that you are trying to fill.
You… read_more
If someone’s presence has a becalming effect on your mind, soothing effect on your mind, illuminating effect on your mind, liberating effect on your mind, go ahead, be with that person, or persons, as much as you want to. But be with them only as long as you do not… read_more
If you choose a goal that is not worthy enough, you will try a lot to concentrate on your goal but you will find that invariably you get distracted after a while. That is not because the distractions are powerful; that is because your goal is powerless.
The goal itself… read_more
“You give me pleasure, I give you pleasure. And to ensure an uninterrupted and secured supply of physical pleasure, you remain physically committed to me, and I remain physically committed to you. What do I want from you? Pleasure, physical pleasure. And we are committed to each other. What does… read_more
If you will go and figure out the fact of loneliness, it is the woman who is more susceptible to loneliness. Man makes merry even in the company of man. You would find a boys’ gang going all over, all around, a group of six boys having fun; but rarely… read_more
We have been taught to hate ourselves. When you look at a nice shirt, what do you say? “Let me wear this shirt, this shirt will add value to me. I am of inferior value.” Even a shirt you think of as something that can add value to you, don’t… read_more
The question was, why do bad people seem to enjoy? If he is enjoying, he can’t be bad. The thing is, he is not even enjoying. What you call as enjoyment is some kind of entertainment or titillation; that he can have, but that itself is the punishment. If you… read_more
How much to spend on oneself? As much as is needed to extract the maximum work and value from oneself. There might be times when you need to spend on servicing the car. Fine, that much expense is needed. Otherwise, the car will not be helpful anymore. I need to… read_more
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ। समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते॥२, १५॥
क्योंकि हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ! दुःख-सुख समान समझने वाले जिस धीर पुरुष को ये इन्द्रिय और विषयों के संयोग व्याकुल नहीं करते, वह मोक्ष के योग्य होता है। —श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता, अध्याय २, श्लोक १५
प्रश्नकर्ता: श्रीभगवद्गीता में श्रेष्ठ बुद्धि वाले मनुष्य के… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: प्रणाम आचार्य जी। मैं चौबीस साल का हूँ और मेरा सवाल ये है — हमारे जीवन में उदासी क्यों बनी रहती है?
मैं बहुत बार जब अपने-आपको देखता हूँ तो किसी-न-किसी विचारों में बहुत बार लिप्त हो जाता हूँ, और ख़ुद को पाता हूँ कि उदास ही हूँ, वो… read_more
प्रश्नकर्ता: प्रणाम आचार्य जी, मैं अपने भीतर लगातार एक बेचैनी अनुभव करती हूँ और उस बेचैनी के मूल में मैंने एक पैटर्न (ढ़ाँचे) को ऑब्ज़र्व (निरीक्षण) किया है। वह पैटर्न (ढ़ाँचा) इस प्रकार है — मैं चेतन रूप से, कॉन्शियसली, जानबूझकर खुश और अच्छा अनुभव करने की कोशिश करती… read_more
Questioner (Q): Sir, yesterday was my first Satsang that I attended. I came to know about it through your poster. It is indeed very enlightening to be here, to hear you in person for the first time.
As a spiritual aspirant, one tries to keep the mind under control and… read_more
