Rumi

I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an animal, and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar with angels blest;… read_more

Questioner: I am finding a contradiction between two oft-quoted statements, the first one is by Rumi, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I want to change myself.” And the second one is from Steve Jobs, “Those who are, rather those… read_more

Poem

Love has nothing to do with

the five senses and the six directions:

its goal is only to experience

the attraction exerted by the Beloved.

Afterwards, perhaps,

permission will come from God:

the secrets that ought to be told will be told

with an eloquence nearer to the understanding… read_more

Sometimes I forget completely what companionship is!Unconscious and insane, I spill sad energy everywhere.My story gets told in various ways: a romance, a dirty joke, a war, a vacancy.Divide up my forgetfulness to any number, it will go around.These dark suggestions that I follow, are they… read_more

जब देखो कोई अपना, खोल दो रूह के राज़ देखो फूल तो गाओ, जैसे बुलबुल बाआवाज़ लेकिन जब देखो कोई धोखे व मक्कारी भरा लब सी लो और बना लो, अपने को बन्द घड़ा वो पानी का दुश्मन है, बोलो मत उसके आगे तोड़ देगा वो घड़े को, जाहली का… read_more

“Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall and falling; they are given wings.”

~ Rumi

Question: Shilpi has asked, RUMI says “ Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall and falling; they are given wings.” Can… read_more

Before death takes away what you are given,

give away what there is to give.

Rumi

Acharya Prashant: Here is something from Rumi: “Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give.”

The question says, “Statements like these are interpreted as being pleasure aversive,… read_more

Dance, when you’re broken open.

Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.

Dance in the middle of the fighting.

Dance in your blood.

Dance when you’re perfectly free.

(Rumi)

Acharya Prashant: What is dance? Why is dancing such a favorite of the poets, the saints, the worshipers of freedom? Why?… read_more

“If the beloved is everywhere, the lover is a veil. But when living itself becomes the friend, lovers disappear”

~Rumi

Acharya Prashant: It is popular, conventional, and sweet to talk of the Truth, the God as the beloved and the mind, or the ego as the lover. That has been… read_more

Anyone can bring me gifts; give me someone who can take away

Rumi

एनीवन कैन ब्रिंग मी गिफ्ट्स; गिव मी समवन हू कैन टेक अवे

रूमी

वक्ता: मुझे ‘दे’ तो कोई भी सकता है, चाहिए कोई ऐसा जो मुझे ‘खाली’ कर दे। गिफ्ट्स शब्द का उपयोग है — भेंट, उपहार।… read_more

Do you think…

Do you think that I know what I’m doing. That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a pen knows what it’s writing, or the ball can guess where it’s going next.

~RUMI

Acharya Prashant: (Reading the poem)

That is the state… read_more

When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias!And the difference between them

~Rumi

Acharya Prashant: Insomnia is a restlessness. Insomnia is a breaking down of the regular pattern of consciousness. Consciousness exists… read_more

“The wine we really drink is our own blood, our bodies ferment in these barrels. We give everything for a glass of this. We give our minds for a sip.” ~ Rumi

Acharya Prashant: What does it mean when it is said ‘The wine that we drink is our own… read_more

They ask, “When someone passes eighty then they play. Will they play before eighty?” I say.

~ Rumi

वक्ता: रूमी कह रहे हैं कि यह सवाल तो बड़ा आम है कि “उम्र बढ़ जाएगी, ज़िन्दगी बीत जाएगी उसके बाद क्या?” पंक्तियाँ हैं कि “अस्सी के बाद क्या ज़िन्दगी में मौज,… read_more

Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart.

A voice inside the beat says, “I know you’re tired, but come. This is the way.”

~ Rumi, The essentials of Rumi

Speaker: “I know you’re tired, but come. This is the way.” Apaar is saying, “After reading Rumi, a… read_more

“I didn’t come here of my own accord and I can’t leave that way.

Whoever brought me here, will have to take me Home.

~ Rumi

Speaker: Now, Rumi is saying, “I didn’t come here of my own accord and I can’t leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will… read_more

*The Truth stands before me,On my left is a blazing fire, andOn my right, a cool flowing stream.*

*One group of people walk toward the fire, into the fire,And the other towards the cool flowing waters.No one knows which is blessed and which is not.*

*But… read_more

वक्ता : रूमी की कुछ पंक्तियाँ- ‘प्यार में तुम्हारे नशे के अलावा और कुछ भी शाश्वत नहीं है ! अपना जीवन लेकर तुम्हारे सामने आया हूँ ! मेरे पूरे जीवन का परिणाम है तुम तक पहुँचना, सिर्फ अपने जीवन का उत्सर्ग कर देने के लिए, सिर्फ अपना जीवन तुम पर… read_more

Jesus stands for the Truth and Truth is omnipresent.

He is present here, and right now, in the hearts of those who love him.

Jesus is not a mere mortal. Jesus is the source of light; the root of all flowers and beauty. In one form, he disappears. In another,… read_more

I had to unlearn a lot of things, and I am grateful to all the sources—the books, the people and the experiences that helped me unlearn. And I am grateful to that within me that had the courage to unlearn.

A lot of unlearning is needed. I often say you… read_more

I had to unlearn a lot of things, and I am grateful to all the sources—the books, the people and the experiences that helped me unlearn. And I am grateful to that within me that had the courage to unlearn.

A lot of unlearning is needed. I often say you… read_more

Something is very wrong somewhere. The first thing in liberation is: do not be dependent on somebody, at least for your bread, for your basic sustenance. What kind of empowerment is this that happily accepts dependence on somebody else’s money on a date, and also for an entire lifetime? It… read_more

Prarabdha refers to the sum total of (apparent)movements in time and space that have resulted in the (apparent) formation of the jiva – the human being, or any other being.Everything that the being appears to be is prarabdha. And prarabdha is all past.

So,– having 5 fingers is prarabdha… read_more

श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्पर: संयतेन्द्रिय: | ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति || ४, ३९ || जितेन्द्रिय, साधनापरायण और श्रद्धावान मनुष्य ज्ञान को प्राप्त होता है तथा ज्ञान को प्राप्त होकर वह बिना विलम्ब के तत्काल ही भगवत्प्राप्तिरूप शान्ति को प्राप्त हो जाता है। —श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता, अध्याय ४, श्लोक ३९प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी,… read_more

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यदा नाहं तदा मोक्षो

यदाहं बन्धनं तदा।

मत्वेति हेलया किंचिन्-

मा गृहाण विमुंच मा॥८- ४॥

अनुवाद: जब तक 'मैं' या 'मेरा' का भाव है तब तक बंधन है, जब 'मैं' या 'मेरा' का भाव नहीं है तब मुक्ति है। यह जानकर न कुछ त्याग करो और न कुछ ग्रहण ही… read_more

Hurt is not automatic. Somewhere there is an admission from you that you are hurt, and that you would be hurt, and that you would call yourself as hurt. Don’t call yourself as hurt, and see what happens.

Hurt is not an obligation. Hurt is a choice. Insecurity, fear, temptations—none… read_more

Have you looked at kids playing? If you look at kids playing and if you look at animals playing, you won’t find much difference. In fact, human kids go along very well with animal kids. Later on, when we cover ourselves with a lot of acquired knowledge, with a lot… read_more

Veganism cannot succeed if you just keep talking of animals. You keep saying, “Oh, it is bad to look at animals as a commodity. It is bad to exploit animals.” If man is exploiting man, why will man refrain from exploiting animals?

So, veganism has to be holistic, comprehensive. You… read_more

Most people never evolve beyond their psychological age of three, four, ten, or twelve years. So they have to be consoled like kids.

If a two-year-old is crying, you cannot talk reason to him, can you? What does a two-year-old need? You pick him up, caress him a little, kiss… 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

One can become an entrepreneur, for example, in the field of killing animals, cutting animal flesh, and supplying freshly cut flesh to people at their doorsteps. And this might be a successful business model.

This kind of an entrepreneurship is idiocy, perversion, profanity. The evil was present right in the… read_more

We all need space. Man’s inner nature is freedom. When I say man, I mean both man and woman, mankind. Just as you need free mental space, you also need free physical space.

In fact, I find the idea of a shared bed quite vulgar. The double bed is an… read_more

She won’t directly say, “Get me a sari.” Often when they need a sari, they do not say they need a sari; they say, “Janu (beloved), you do not love me!” And janu understands: she needs a sari.

Similarly, janu does not need to say… read_more

When you meet a person, meet in friendliness, meet in love, meet to share, meet to play, meet to rejoice. That’s right relationship. Don’t meet to sit at that person’s feet. That’s vulgar. You don’t need to sit at anybody’s feet. This head can bow down only in front of… read_more

Just as the ego loves to take credit, it also loves to play the victim.

If something good has happened, “I did it!”

If something bad happened, “It happened to me.”

“Good things I do, bad things happen to me”—this is astounding.

Playing the victim is a favorite pastime of… 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

You are what you want. If you want to change who you are, then you will have to want something radically different. Your destination, your desire decides your constitution. You become what you intend to achieve and be.

If you love the mud, you will become an earthworm. If you… read_more

A fellow who irritates you and keeps your mind agitated, why is he present in your life as a friend? How exactly is he taking care of you if his presence leads to an unsettled mind? What are these tags?

The only definition of a friend is someone who brings… read_more