“In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.”
Ravi Shankar“Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.”
Ravi Shankar“Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.”
Ravi Shankar“I have my own spiritual guru, and I'm so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person.”
Ravi Shankar“In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.”
Ravi Shankar“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”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar“Worrying doesn't make any difference, but working does and spirituality gives one the strength to work”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar“The path of love is not a tedious path. It's a path of joy. It's a path of singing and dancing.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar“Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not other, it is your own mind.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar