Sri Sri Ravi Shankar embodies the spiritual life in both
stillness and in action. He seamlessly fulfills his traditional
role as spiritual guru (with ashrams and students around the
world) and his contemporary role as globe-trotting humanitarian
and grassroots activist. He is the founder and head of the Art
of Living Foundation, the world's largest volunteer-based
educational and humanitarian organization. A true blend of the
old and the new, he holds a patent on an original form of yogic
breathing exercise as well as an advanced degree in physics.
In the exotic ambience of the Art of Living Foundation's
international headquarters in southern India, Sri Shankar
and WIE founder Andrew Cohen speak together about
the relationship between stillness and creativity, peace and
disturbance, matter and spirit. As their conversation
progresses, it expands to include the future of India as she
enters the computer age, Sri Shankar's bold efforts to achieve a
more peaceful world, and his students' grassroots activism in
India's rural communities. Cohen's keenly directed questions
elevate their dialogue, as the two spiritual teachers and
activists seek to define what a liberated relationship to life
really is. Their answer: one that sees no difference between a
full engagement with the complexities of life and the higher spiritual goals and demands of enlightenment.
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Recorded on: 12/20/2005
Contemporary Spiritual Teachers