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Why do we need a Guru (Master) in our life?

Question - Gurudev, Why do we need a Guru (Master) in our life? Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Because, after Death, the First person whom you will meet, will be your Master! GURU will take you from there like a Guide, just like there is someone waiting to pick you up when you reach the airport! 

I am happy and calm now. What can I do to maintain this state throughout life?

Question: I am happy and calm now. What can I do to maintain this state throughout life?   Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:              Share it with more and more people. Joy or wisdom if not shared with others starts dwindling. Now this does not mean you go to others and start teaching them Bhastrika Pranayama, or the Sudarshan Kriya. Unless you get properly trained, you should not go about teaching meditation and these practices to others. This is why we had to put a quality control for Yoga in the country today. There is a QCI (Quality Control for India) body and the government has asked it to do something for Yoga also. It is because it is observed that people learn something from somewhere and then go around teaching it to others without proper training. Then when some unwanted or unexpected things happen it becomes a problem. There is a proverb in Sanskrit – “Yasya kasya tarur-mulam yena kenapi churnitam; yasmai kasmai pradaatavyam yatv...