When people approach me in the ashram, their hearts heavy with sorrow, grief, disenchantment and the monotony of life and its blows and shakedowns, I don’t have any great advice to dispense. It simply comes down to asking, ‘What are you committed to in life?’ My guru’s whole life is committed to being compassionate and truthful. His most practical advice has always been to the point. ‘It is by practice alone that you can override the tendencies of the mind.’
