Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Founder of Art of Living Foundation.

A contemporary spiritual leader known for founding the Art of Living Foundation, which focuses on personal well-being and global peace through meditation and service. His teachings blend ancient wisdom with practical tools for stress relief, emotional balance, and humanitarian work. He emphasizes the importance of spirituality in daily life and has been a proponent of interfaith dialogue and social initiatives aimed at fostering global harmony.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Quotes about Freedom

  • The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now.
  • Foolishness is giving up without any effort or not giving up after putting in all your effort. Secret of freedom is putting all your effort and giving up!
  • Make the Universal personal and you become richer, wiser and stronger. Make the personal Universal and you will find freedom, compassion and love.
  • There is freedom when you realize that you are just a witness to all that is happening.
  • Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.
  • For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).
  • Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don’t let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.
  • Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. Wisdom is knowing when to have rest, when to have activity, and how much of each to have. Finding them in each other - activity in rest and rest in activity - is the ultimate freedom.
  • If you are not having good experiences in meditation, then do more seva you will gain merit and your meditation will be deeper. When you bring some relief or freedom to someone through seva, good vibrations and blessings come to you