I.R. Shankar Quotes

Just an intention to be free makes you immediately free!

Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.

If something is not working today, then something better is in store. This surety should be in our mind.

In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.

In every aspect of my life, I tend to look for the deeper side.

Look at your life in contrast with the magnitude of creation, space and time. Your life becomes insignificant. Ego disappears.

Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us.

Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit.

Enlightenment is the journey back from the head to the heart.

Let your smile change the world! Never let the world change your smile!

When a bud breaks it becomes a flower, when a heart breaks it becomes divine.

Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.

If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us.

Even if you win in ego it is a loss. Even if you lose in love it is a victory.

Faith makes you stable and steady. It brings out the totality in you. Consolidation of your energy is faith. Dissemination of energy is doubt.

Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.

When there is a fountain of colours, they add charm to your life. In ignorance, emotions are a bother; in knowledge, the same emotions add colours.. enjoy the day with Wisdom!

People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy

Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.

The Path of Love is not a tedious Path. It's a Path of joy. It's a Path of singing and dancing. It's not a desert. It is a valley of flowers

Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.

Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.

When you move with this thought that 'I want', then the mind wanders. When you move with this thought that 'I have received', then you are content.

Take some time off to go within, in silence. With that, your charm becomes eternal, your love becomes unconditional & great strength arises.

Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you'll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life.

When you are unhappy, you are just coming in touch with your own boundaries. Turn the whole situation into a prayer & you will walk through it.

Meditate. A few minutes of deep meditation will connect you with the ocean of intuition deep within you.

How far to heaven? Just open your eyes and look. You are in heaven.

Service brings merit, merit allows you to go deeper in meditation, meditation brings back your smile.

Get out of your comfort zone and bring comfort to others.

Enlightenment is very possible for the ordinary individual. Actually, it is easier than for someone who thinks that they are special.

If you make someone feel guilty about their mistake, then you have not forgiven them. That guilt is itself punishment.

Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong

You should be dynamic, and still be soft in the heart. You should stand against injustice and simultaneously, be compassionate within you, like a saint. Be a saint and a soldier, together

Acceptance does not mean inaction; acceptance is actually acknowledging the present situation.

Your desire for perfection is the cause of anger. Leave room for imperfection. Perfection in action is almost impossible.

You will find the Divine in the last place, because once you find it, you will not go on searching.

Why do you think you are weak? Wake up and see you have all the strength.

Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene depth of your Being. You know, this is something immensely valuable and precious

Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you.

Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion.

Let the mind calm down and the heart start to open. Then everything will be very obvious.

Feeling and experiencing infinity within this finite body, living timelessness within the time span of life - this is what you are here for

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.

If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.

Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody; and from being nobody to being everybody. This knowledge can bring sharing and caring throughout the world.

Patience in the mind and dynamism in action is the right formula.

Make the whole life a game. There is no purpose there is no aim, nothing. Just take it lightly, easily. Play the game. that is worship, which is celebration.

In the present moment, we are all innocent. Wake up!

Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.