Sri M said...
The inquiry into what you really are begins with the understanding that this body doesn’t exist for long, it dies. So, when I die, do I die with the body? Or am I still around? If I’m still around...
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Sri M said...
Kaivalya is derived from the word ‘Kevala’ - only. In Kaivalya the Yogi understands that there is only ‘One’. Unity in diversity where Prakriti is completely overcome. There is only the Purusha, li...
Sri M said...
From the Vedantic point of view to the Upanishads to the teachings of Nath sampradaya and the practice of Yoga, there are innumerable links with the Buddhist system. It doesn’t matter what you call...
Sri M said...
Shunya is not nothing. It is that from which this entire universe has come, and into which it has to go back. Actually, one cannot define something which is so abstract to nothing. Actually it mean...
Sri M said...
The meaning of the word meditation is basically, to contemplate.
Sri M said...
Among the Sufis, if you go to a person, he will train you, then after a while, he will say that you have learned all that you can from me, go to the other one. So you learn. Finally, you come to th...
Sri M said...
A true spiritual teacher is not in the business of gathering disciples. A teacher is one that is more concerned about the aspirants’ aspirations and that he/she should move towards the Truth, rathe...
Sri M said...
The first requisite is seriousness and urgency for finding the Truth. Then, the way you go depends on your personality, your background, and your past. So, before you accept a path, don’t be in a h...
Sri M said...
There is one important requisite to find the truth, whichever path you may follow. And that is the urgent, earnest desire to find the truth.
Sri M said...
Nobody has moved on the spiritual path only by reading or by collecting material. You cannot attain the highest; Nirvana, Moksha or Kaivalya by standing on your head for three hours.
Sri M said...
What you know, your scholarship and your practice that is one side. That your mind absorbs that and blooms is because of truthfulness, non-injury to others and humility.
Sri M said...
The first thing you realize is that you are nothing. We are insignificant little particles of sand near the sea. We come and we are gone tomorrow. Humility is an inner feeling that ‘I am nothing in...