Swami Swaroopananda

Ravana was a great devotee of Shiva and well-versed in the scriptures.

Yet he is remembered as a symbol of evil. Knowledge and devotion alone do not define us.
It is the quality of our mind, and the thoughts we choose to entertain, that shape who we become.

[Swami Swaroopananda, Chinmaya Mission, Ravana, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, Knowledge, Devotion, Mind, Actions]

The mind’s natural state is peace, not noise. When we spend time in nature, the mind settles back into what it always was: quiet and at rest.

Nature does not ask us to become anything. It reminds us to simply be.

Happy World Environment Day!

[Swami Swaroopananda, Chinmaya Mission, Nature, World Environment Day, Meditation in Nature, Peace]