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What is happiness?

What is happiness?

What is wellbeing? When do you really feel well in your life? When do you truly feel well? When you are very happy, you are well. Even if you are physically ill, you are still well, isn't it? What is happiness? When you are happy, your life energies are happening in a more exuberant ...

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Is ignorance really a bliss?

Is ignorance really a bliss?

So, if ignorance does not bring suffering to you, I would be disappointed with life. I would be very disappointed. Then all my striving, and who I am doesn't mean anything. If you are in ignorance, you must suffer. If ignorance doesn't bring suffering to you, why would you seek ...

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What is the key to freedom?

What is the key to freedom?

Having expectations of others means you're trying to fix their lives. Fix your own life, that is freedom. ...

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What is the significance of volunteering?

What is the significance of volunteering?

If you want to get involved but not entangled, volunteering is a powerful tool. You should make use of it to make activity a tool for your liberation. ...

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What is the secret of life?

What is the secret of life?

The secret of life is to see everything with a non-serious eye, but to be absolutely involved. Like a sport. ...

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‘Doubt’ is good, but ‘suspicion’ is sickness

‘Doubt’ is good, but ‘suspicion’ is sickness

Doubt is Good - it means you are searching for truth. Suspicion is sickness. What is the difference between doubt and suspicion? Doubt is a consequence of realising that you do not know. Suspicion means you have assumed negative aspects to everything. And now you’re suspicious, ...

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Why does human ingenuity unfolds during challenging times?

Why does human ingenuity unfolds during challenging times?

It is in challenging times that human genius and ingenuity unfolds. So in challenging times a concretised psychological framework becomes a crippling factor, and hence many people manage or learn to break that structure that is there in our mind, built by us. The moment you open ...

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How to handle unpleasant situations?

How to handle unpleasant situations?

Especially if unpleasant things have happened in your life, you should become wise, not wounded. Painful experiences of life, were painful at that moment, not because of what they were, simply because of how deeply we were invested in that situation. Now what painful experiences ...

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How to unlock your full potential?

How to unlock your full potential?

In calculation, there is stress and struggle of the mind. In giving, there is joy. In too much calculation there is enormous stress and struggle because first of all the struggle is about what to do, what not to do. How much to do, how much not to do. Unfortunately this is considered ...

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How To Bring Up Your Children?

How To Bring Up Your Children?

In this short but powerful talk, Sadhguru tells us that we have made education into an industry, and a child into an industrial product. Each life is unique, and we should strive to provide an atmosphere where this life will blossom. Sadhguru tells, bringing up a child is a 20 ...

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Storytelling – The man who wanted supernatural powers

Storytelling – The man who wanted supernatural powers

Is there a secret #Mantra to end all your miseries and bring permanent #bliss? Sadhguru narrates an interesting story about a man from South India in search of a Mantra to gain magical powers, who traveled all the way to Tibet. What did the wise, old #Buddhist Monk tell him? ...

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How to overcome fear of failure?

How to overcome fear of failure?

Sadhguru says, that every situation in your life, either you can use it to learn and become stronger or you can cry over it. Irrespective of what happens in your life, even if it is a horrific situation, you can use it for your growth. This can happen only if you understand the ...

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Unhappy with unfulfilled expectations? Change the way you think

Unhappy with unfulfilled expectations? Change the way you think

Sadhguru says - "Dont waste your life setting up expectations, because these expectations are not even yours, you are looking at your neighbors and setting expectations for yourself." You are setting yourself up for dejection by unnecessarily setting up expectations. Instead ...

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How Guru Nanak gave a lesson to a rich man?

How Guru Nanak gave a lesson to a rich man?

Sadhguru tells us an incident from the life of Guru Nanak. He explains the message that Guru Nanak gave through the story. ...

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Can one be humble and ambitious at the same time?

Can one be humble and ambitious at the same time?

As we grow up in armed forces, sometimes the circumstances around us compel us to take autocratic decisions. Over a period of time, these become rigid habits which some of us unknowingly display in form of arrogant behavior... Could you please highlight the importance of humility ...

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What is the ‘right’ way of doing things?

What is the ‘right’ way of doing things?

Sometimes life puts you in a situation where you can't help being in a certain way, leave aside being 'right' or 'wrong'. The way I think and perceive is my way of doing things, but it may not be 'right' for others. Who decides then 'what is the right way', and if there is one, ...

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What is the root cause of fear?

What is the root cause of fear?

Mixing up memory and imagination is the root cause of fear. Sadhguru tells us that the modern education system is one of the reasons for this. ...

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I am confused – what should I do?

I am confused – what should I do?

Mind can only be confused. If somebody has a clear mind, he must be a fanatic. You understand? The nature of the mind is confusion. That's its beauty. It's always confused, because it can't figure anything. But in can gather everything and mull over it, endlessly. This is the ...

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What are my duties in this life?

What are my duties in this life?

You have no duty in this world. You can do whatever you want. Only thing is, whatever you do, there is a consequence. Whatever the consequence - if you are willing to joyfully take the consequence - do whatever you want. But if the consequence is unpleasant, you are going to ...

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This one thing will make your life become beautiful

This one thing will make your life become beautiful

For me life is not about what you do, it's all about how you do it. Well, if you fix the how you do it, you will see what you do naturally transforms itself. In the sense, well when you're too concerned ... ...

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Should I pray to God?

Should I pray to God?

So touching that dimension which is beyond the physical means, you want to touch that dimension which is the basis of the physical. When you say, that which is the basis of the physical, what you’re talking is - that you are not interested in creation, but you are interested ...

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Is my life just a dream?

Is my life just a dream?

Questioner: When I’m dreaming at night, it seems real to me. I couldn’t differentiate if the people that exist in my dream, they seems very real. And I can talk to them, I can touch them, and events seem to happen too. So when I wake, I know that it’s illusions. ...

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Why do we fear death?

Why do we fear death?

Sadhguru, I wanted to ask you about why do humans have the fear of death? So much. Either you’ve got fear of death or you glorify someone who dies. I mean look at the world, rockstars dying early becomes a virtue. You know, you become a star ...

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How should art be appreciated or criticized?

How should art be appreciated or criticized?

Namaskaram. My question is about art, mainly architecture and design, or even a painting. And how people perceive or achieve that purpose. In terms of describing a piece of art or a piece of work as good or bad. Whereas in art you should always ...

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Is imperfection an integral part of design?

Is imperfection an integral part of design?

You’ve talked of imperfection as a very integral part of your design. Would you say more about that? ...

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What does it take to create design?

What does it take to create design?

I’m wondering, Sabyasachi, you would like to also talk a little about that, because you’ve talked about common sense. But, clearly there’s something like a creative common sense that you’ve worked with. Because in order to create design, ...

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Is inefficiency beautiful?

Is inefficiency beautiful?

Is inefficiency beautiful? Can that be beautiful? ...

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What is beauty?

What is beauty?

I thought I’ll just start with a very basic question. A simple question. It’s a question that I’m often asked at poetry readings, poetry workshops. Poetry being primarily what I practice. And the question is, what is a good poem? And the ...

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How to not get attached?

How to not get attached?

So my question is, I get very attached easily. And now I feel I’m very attached to my responsibilities. So how do I break this bondage? And if I really want to do something for myself, not for anybody, just feel the joy that I’ve been listening ...

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What is the greatest change I can bring to my life?

What is the greatest change I can bring to my life?

My question is, what can be the greatest change one can bring to our life? To make it more blissful in this birth. ...

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What is the solution to life?

What is the solution to life?

I’m stuck here and I want you to please guide me. Tell me in a child’s language, what is the answer and what is the solution. I don’t want to give importance to my own thoughts and emotions, tell me how. Just make me understand. ...

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Where do I learn disciplined yoga that will help me achieve my goals?

Where do I learn disciplined yoga that will help me achieve my goals?

So my question is, I would like to space dive. It’s basically going all the way up to space and diving from there. And the thing is, I’ve knocked on a 100 doors only to be turned down every single time. Even ISRO turned me down saying they ...