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Reality is not that things don’t exist but they don’t exist in the form or state in which we think they do. That wrong understanding of objects, of anything is called Maya, a misunderstanding. And ...

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This is a very, very serious question. Is a Guru necessary to attain freedom? Does the Guru induce freedom? If the Guru is inducing freedom, it cannot be freedom. It can only be something similar t...

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I do not say that humans are born with intrinsic freedom. I say that the true self of every human being is eternally free; and when I say eternally free, it’s free even before birth. At birth, it i...

Sri M in UK 2018 | Public Programs | 16-23 June 2018

Sri M will be visiting the United Kingdom from 16-23 June 2018. A few public programs have been organized during this time.The following programs are finalized right now: 16 & 17 June 2018 - Reside...

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I’m trying to draw a line between intelligence and intellect. Intellectual is gathering more and more information. Intelligence is to do with understanding. Intellectuals are those who gather knowl...

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Philosophically, Buddha for instance, talked about freedom from sorrow for all mankind which he defined as nirvana which is another word for moksha. According to the Buddha, desire is the root of a...

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I can know many things but if I don’t act on it then it makes no sense either to me, or to others. So the third chapter (after Sankhya Yoga, the yoga of knowledge), is Karmya Yoga which is, to act ...

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Practice austerity, chastity and stick to the truth. Be chaste, be pure and have faith that the answer will come after you have lived thus. So, that is the preliminary preparation for the understan...

Sri M's interview at AIR Pune, February 2018

The complete transcript of the interview (in Hindi) with Sri M at AIR Pune, FM 101, Vividh Bharati on 4th Feb 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU-S2vzoR8o

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Let’s say the guide, the teacher, or friend who has crossed to the other side, who has learnt to swim and cross the ocean of samsara, such a teacher who is our true friend, what does he do? He teac...

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It is interesting to note that the Bramharandra – if you compare with present day anatomy – sort of coincides with what is known as the center of the limbic system, where the pituitary gland, the a...

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The ecstasy that one experiences when the sexual energies are gathered together and made to awaken the Kundalini, and when that kundalini reaches the Sahasraara chakra at the crown of the head, it ...