Question : Pundits (Hindu priests) say for liberation of your ancestors, you have to do pujas and they charge hefty sums.

Guruji : No that is not a right thing to do. But you see, then no profession can be justified that way. Doctor.s prosperity is based on your illnesses. Lawyer.s prosperity is based on crime. Teacher.s prosperity is based on ignorance. Different businesses thrive because of lack and poverty. Restaurant business runs because there is dearth of good food. Whatever you do, when you are honest and you are working with your conscience, then it would be good for you.

Question : How to handle jealousy?

Guruji : Know that both are going to die. The person who you are jealous of and someone is being jealous of you. When you see everyone is moving towards their death, the negative emotions can drop off. This ultimate realization that we are all going to die, brings you back to your self. Later he said that when Krishna shows his Vishnurupa, the pictures depict all these men and women coming out of his mouth. (Guruji said the pictures are misguiding). Showing his infinite form, the Viraatrupa, Krishna says I am kala,( time itself; everyone and everything merges in me and is born out of me.. So beautiful)

Question : Is effort in meditation when you are feeling sad or in pain.?

Guruji : In meditation, if you feel there is effort in smile , don.t smile:- But to begin with, you smile, that way you relax more and more..

Question: Guruji what is action and what is inaction? How do we understand and differentiate?

Guruji: The wise is one who sees action in inaction and inaction in action. When you observe your heart beat, your breathing what's happening in your head etc. You see that you are not doing anything! Everything is happening!! That is action in inaction. Ask any convict, what did you do? They will never say, I have done. Some thing inside them made it happen for them. They will say, I have not done anything. Similarly ask any successful man, how did you do? He will say, I have not done anything. When you sit and observe, your heart is beating, you are breathing - then something inside you settles down. As something settles inside you start relaxing deep. When you relax deep than that gives rise to the intelligence. When your intelligence sharpens then you become dynamic, as you become dynamic, skills comes to you. This all happens when you are not in a hurry. When you are in a hurry you cannot come out with anything beautiful, anything creative. When you do a big project, after completion you often feel you have not done it. How many of you felt that you have not done it, it just happened? Raise your hands. So that is seeing inaction in action.

Q: Can a human being act purely on instinct?

Sri Sri: �Instincts exist not only for humans but also for animals. Animals act purely out of instinct. What is missing in instrinct is the intelligence which we have been provided with. Acting with intuition is to add intelligence to our instincts. The goal for us is to act more and more out of intuition rather than only instincts.

Q: Why people do not stick to the practices?

Sri Sri: 1. The people who do not stick to the practices are like the gardener who has seen a flower blossoming and seeing the flower, forgets that he needs to keep watering the roots for more blossoms. Then after a period of time (could be even years), the gardener realizes that he needs to water the roots again and comes back.

2. We are shy of talking about our practices. GURUJI asked us all to spread the good effects to everybody without reservations.
Fortune tellers

Fortune tellers are capable of telling certain things about the future. HOWEVER, for somebody in the spiritual practice, there is always a possibility that things can change from what is predicted. GURUJI encouraged everybody to not fall back on destiny and to work with full commitment on whatever we are doing. There is a misconception that the past is our efforts and the future is destiny. It is exactly the opposite, the past is destiny and nothing can be done to change it and the future is free will.


Q: These days most Gurus have long hair and long beard. Is it a dress code?

Sri Sri: �Yes, you can call it as dress code. The long hair is like an antenna to receive messages from God and the long beard is like an earthing to transmit those messages to the people.


Q: How is becoming a Guru as a career option?

Sri Sri: It is good but it is risky. The field is wide open for you. But, here you have to forget about yourself and think about the rest of the world.