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 People

  • People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy.
  • Rise above the dualities, the opposites. See this whole world as the bubbles on the surface of water. See people as bubbles on the surface of the Brahman, of the Infinity...Water bubbles up, rises up. Like that, everybody is rising and having their own games and plays and dissolving back into the Infinite.
  • Even stupid people have a role to play in your life. They make you wiser and more patient.
  • See the possibility that people and things can change at any time and don't hold on to judgements.
  • Our words are there to bless people and bring peace to the world.
  • The overwhelming problem in the world today, everyone knows, is terrorism, where people in the name of religion kill each other, kill others just to go to heaven, and thinking only they will go to heaven.
  • Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you'll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life.
  • Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion.
  • The first thing we do when we're born is we breathe in, and we cry. And the last thing we do when we die is we breathe out, and other people cry.
  • When people lose faith in the natural goodness of the human character, the lack of trust in spiritual goodness, that is one reason why corruption has become so widespread today.
  • Have this faith that someone is there to take away your weaknesses. Ok, you slipped once, twice, thrice. It does not matter. Keep moving ahead. People take vows never to commit mistakes again. Breaking the vows makes it worse. Surrendering is better.
  • Beauty is an inner phenomenon. Beauty is not in objects, not in people, not even in the eyes of the beholder. It lies in the heart of every person.
  • The criteria for success: you are free, you live in the present moment, you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all humanity.
  • Let my hands be of service to people. Let me earn wisdom through my hands. Let my hands do good work.