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 God

  • Have "eternal wait," infinite patience. When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you. Either through awareness or through practice you reach the same spot.
  • For those who do not have faith in God, fear is a way to protect them. But if faith is strong, there is no anxiety about something in danger.
  • The Divine rejoices in your being happy. God, or the Creation, is so happy when you are happy. When you dance, sing, and jump up and down happily, that is true prayer, that is true meditation. Meditation is a fountain of joy, an ecstasy; and Divine enjoys that more. Divine is not fond of your suffering.
  • Longing gives you the power to bless. Bless the entire creation. For, the longing in you is God.
  • Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.
  • Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present.
  • Make your home God's home and there will be light, love and abundance.
  • Meditation means seeing God within you, and love is seeing God in the person next to you.