“True dispassion
is oblivious to glory.” - Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar shares that:
It is often
believed that glory and dispassion are contradictory and cannot co-exist. Glory
and luxury without dispassion is a nauseating pomp and show. Such glory does
not bring fulfillment for anyone. It is shallow. Alternately, the dispassion
that is afraid of glory is weak.
The glory that
comes with dispassion is something that is true, that is permanent and
authentic. When someone runs after glory they are shallow. Like movie stars,
politicians and religious leaders who try to hold on to their status, to their
glory, they are certain to lose.
If you run after
glory all you get is misery. When you are dispassionate, glory comes to you.
If you are
afraid of glory, that means you are not well-founded in dispassion. In India,
the Sadhus run away from glory. They think they will lose their dispassion and
get trapped in the web of the world, the circus. The dispassion is so blissful,
they get attached to the dispassion. (laughter)
They are
afraid of losing the dispassion, the centeredness and bliss that comes along
with it. This is weak dispassion. Dispassion is a state of being and glory is
the happening around it. True dispassion can never be lost or overshadowed by
glory. True dispassion is glorious! Real glory is true dispassion!
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