With stunning new photographs and a new final chapter detailing Ravi Shankar’s hope for the preservation of Indian classical music, this updated edition of My Music, My Life profiles an extraordinary man. In his own words, Shankar describes his transformation from a young traveling dancer to a Grammy Award-winning, internationally known musician. An autobiography, a history of Indian classical music, and a manual on how to play the sitar, this book is about music as a both a lifestyle and an art. It embodies Ravi Shankar’s unique approach to his craft.
Raga Mala is an unprecedented look at Ravi Shankar, master of the sitar and one of the most enduring and inspriational performers of the twentieth century.
[T]he two of you rubber-banding / even with the inevitable decay into something / else" might be an apt description of the poetic process of Ravi Shankar's exhilarating new book, What Else Could It Be: collaboration as a seamless M�bius strip between Shankar and one of a myriad of other contemporary poets, interlaced with ekphrastic poems in dialogue with visual art and dance. --Sharon Dolin
Just for a moment, imagine yourself to be the ace archer Arjuna who upon seeing his kin, Gurus and the estimable Bhishma, slumps to the ground in the gargantuan battlefield of Kurukshetra where the blood-thirsty Kauravas were prepared to go to war to retain the precious trophy of Hastinapur. At that crucial juncture Lord Krishna, Arjuna’s charioteer, decodes the majesty of Universe by revealing the secret of his SOHUM swarupe and defogs the mind of his beloved sakha, Arjuna. Soon the fabled marksman is battled-ready to combat his cousins, having been rescued from a life of ignominy. SOHUM is the syllable of the unique rhythmic breathing technique of Sudarshan Kriya, which has transfigured the lives of millions of people across the globe. Divine Whispers, similar to the grandiose revelation by Lord Krishna, are pearls of wisdom uttered by H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. This book is a collation of 365 quotes of the spiritual Master (one quote for every day of the year) on a variety of subjects that confront us in our daily lives. By dwelling on these quotes the reader can elevate his consciousness and metamorphose into a spiritual being, still and silent from within. As we move into the new decade, these 365 quotes will suffuse us with energy to become productive individuals, build powerful societies and nations. Humans can develop a necklace of One World Family and live harmoniously by eschewing avarice and violence. Jai GuruDev Victory to the Big Mind.
Power of Love Collection of Simple talks by H.H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Love. Power of Love, refreshingly explores all facets of a subject that evokes a range of emotions, makes life worth living and is the basis of all existence is Love. Power of Love, refreshingly explores all facets of a subject that evokes a range of emotions, makes life worth living and is the basis of all existence is Love. There is strength in peace. There is strength in calm. There is strength in love. What you cannot win with a stick, you can win with love. What you cannot win with guns, you can win through love. This power of love often goes unnoticed; it needs to be realised. The most powerful thing in the world is love! We can win the hearts of people through love. The victory that comes out of ego is worth nothing. Even if you win in ego, it is a loss. But even if you lose in love, it is a victory! Making people realise this innermost strength that we all have, is a challenge.
This book is a compilation of the seventh year of intimates notes of weekly knowledge and wisdom from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder and spiritual leader of the Art of Living Foundation.
Source of Life Become aware of this impermanent nature of life; that is wisdom. Being aware of this impermanent nature of ones life-the changing nature of happenings-you find that there is something in you that has not changed? There is a reference point, in comparison to which, you can say things are changing. Getting to that reference point is "being"? and that is the source of life; that is wisdom.
In this book, Sri Sri discusses topics ranging from doubt and fear to love and dispassion. He describes what it means to be on the spiritual path - a path of service, sadhana and surrender. He leads us through an understanding of God and back to our inner Self - what we really seek, often without knowing. "Some questions can only be answered in silence. Silence is the goal of all answers. If an answer does not silence the mind, it is no answer. Your soul is solidified silence and this solidified silence is wisdom, knowledge. When wisdom dawns, it gives rise to celebration." - H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Short discourses by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on spirituality, relationships, how to transform negative emotions, and more. These insights open our minds to the beauty of life's mysteries.
The Manifestation of Silence Buddha is the manifestation of silence. His silence came from saturation, not from lack. Lack creates complaints and noise. Saturation brings silence An ultimate talk given by H. H. Sri Sri Ravishankar on Buddha
Raising children can be a big challenge in this competitive world. We want our children to be successful. How do we measure success after all? And how do we help our children live a successful and fulfilled life? In this book, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar highlights simple points for parents and teachers about raising children. These subtle cues go a long way in laying the foundation for children to grow into fine human beings - happy yet responsible, focused but with a large perspective on life, having a strong character with the softness of human values.
Wealthy, content and devoted to his wife Nina, Swati is one of modern Delhi's more blessed inhabitants. His has a comfortable, happy and privileged life. But when his wife and their unborn child are killed in a road accident, his world, his hopes and dreams collapse around him. Devastated, and in mourning, he turns his back on the city and makes the pilgrimage back to his birthplace, the small southern Indian state of Panayur, to honour his beloved and scatter her ashes on the sacred waters of the Papanisi river. Having returned to the isolated, rural world, Swati finds solace in a long lost companion from his youth, Antara, who acts as unofficial caretaker to the decaying palace. Together, they begin to delve into his family history, and the myths and legends that surround it. And so Swati learns that Panayur was once a kingdom, and that he is the direct descendant of the last of its kings. He learns about his many strange and bloodthirsty ancestors, about the first European invaders who came nearly 400 years ago, and he is reminded of the family legend of the tiger by the river... And on the other side of the world, a cousin Swati never knew he had embarks on his own quest to learn something of his past. His pursuit of his inheritance and his destiny, will take him from the USA to Berlin and a tragic family secret, and on to India, Panayur and the novel's powerful, shocking climax. With its singular narrative voice and seductive rhythm, THE TIGER BY THE RIVER is that rare thing: a genuinely spellbinding novel full of drama, mystery and magic, a tale of unbearable loss but also of the redemptive power of love.
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