Sri M said..
Suppose our instrument of perception, in this case the eye, is made like a telescope or a microscope, our view of the universe would be entirely different. The cube that you see before you will be ...
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Sri M said...
Look carefully, observantly, at the outside world, the physical world, the substance, setting aside all other preconceived ideas about it that we have, at what we think is substance, according to t...
November 14, 2017 | A Trip of Many Firsts: Children’s Day Field Outing to Horsley Hills
For many of our children, it was the first time they had set foot out of Madanapalli, their first time on a bus, to the hills, a zoo, an aquarium, or to a nature study center. With so much on the a...
Sri M said...
The best sign of your progressing in your meditation is something which is very self-evident. Nobody has to tell you what’s happening. First is the experience of great bliss; the second is the actu...
Sri M said..
So, when I sit alone, I am disturbed by various thoughts because most other people are thinking about something else. They are thinking about the world; they are thinking about different things – s...
Sri M said...
‘Viveka’ means ‘intelligence’ – reasoning and trying to understand, what is permanent, and what is not permanent. And ‘Vichara’ is ‘thinking about it’ – if this is not permanent, then what is perma...
Videos | Talks | 'Search for Happiness According to Vedanta' in London, UK, 2017.
Sri M speaks on the topic - "Search for Happiness According to Vedanta" at The Nehru Center, London which took place during his recent visit to UK in October, 2017. Watch Video https://www.youtube....
Sri M said...
The Mahanirvana Tantra says, ‘Anantam Anandam Brahma’, which means ‘that Anandam which has no Antah, no end, is Brahman. And that comes about only when the thoughts have ceased, which means, the wh...
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In Vedanta, what the Vedantist does, is to examine the world around him and find out that it is impermanent. He says, ” This world is impermanent because today it’s here and tomorrow it is gone. Al...
The Speaking Tree | Essence of evolution - by Sri M
Love is the essence of evolution; it is the essence of religion too, for it is religion (not organised religion) that teaches ethics and compassion. Of course, organisation is necessary but we shou...
Sri M said...
Have you opened your window and by accident, suddenly noticed a full moon – a beautiful night – and for a few seconds, you forget everything except the moon? You did not exist for the time being, t...
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Sometimes, what you think is misfortune is ‘fortune’ which comes in the garb of misfortune. Only then, you begin to think seriously, “Where am I going?” ” What am I doing?” So, that’s another reaso...