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Say 'no to suicide' says Sri Sri
30 Oct 2007, 0135 hrs IST,Ramu Bhagwat,TNN
YAVATMAL: "I want a gurudakshina from you. Take a pledge to banish the very
thought of suicide. None of you should commit suicide or let anyone else do
that. Resolve to face the crisis with the help of spirituality. Share your
joys and grief with others. Use the power of prayer to tide over the trying
times."
This was the message Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar gave to a
large gathering of distressed farmers at Bodhbodan village, 12 km from here,
in cotton belt's epicentre. The village had attained notoriety for the
highest number of suicides. There was virtually a stampede as
over-enthusiastic villagers crowded to greet guruji. Hundreds thronged to
have a glimpse of guruji and hear his soothing words that worked as balm on
their frayed nerves.
"We have survived much more hard times in the past. We have faced severe
droughts, natural calamities, plagues and oppression during British era.
Never did suicide figure as a solution. There is no reason why it should
now. Pray along with your hardwork and you will get inner strength to come
out of the crisis," said guruji.
"Take up natural, zero-budget farming. Grow alternative crops. If you are
reaping only losses in cotton cultivation, grow groundnut or vegetables
which fetch you more income," he told farmers.
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur/Say_no_to_suicide_says_Sri_Sri/articleshow/2500886.cms
On Respect .....
Read what Guruji says.. On Respect..
Question: What do you do if people don't respect you?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Thank them. They have given you freedom. (Laughter
and amazement) When people respect you, they often take away your
freedom. They expect you to smile at them, recognize them, behave in a
certain way with them.
If they don't respect you, you are not obliged to answer their
questions
and you can drop all the formalities. Either you will be naturally
smiling or frowning. So you will be complete.
When people love and respect you, you are obliged to return their
courtesies because you don't want to hurt them. When they don't
respect
or love you, they will not be hurt by your actions and expressions. So
they set you free.
When you gain respect, you often do it at the cost of your freedom.
Wisdom is to put the freedom first and not bother about respect.
Q: Will freedom not bring arrogance?
A: True freedom is not an "I don't care" attitude. It is
lightness from
within, a genuine smile and not stiffness.
When someone is stiff and arrogant, they are not really free. True love
blossoms only in such freedom.
And when there is genuine love, respect simply follows you.
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