Sri M said...
There is no difference in the ancient universal teachings. But when it becomes more organized, it loses its core. Why? Because you get more interested in the external aspects.
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Sri M said...
When we get to a position where we have money or power, we forget that the source is somewhere else. Then we get so proud that we try to challenge the source from where prosperity comes. And, that’...
Sri M said...
Dialogue, not argument, is critical between the teacher and student. The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna. Krishna tells Arjuna that his mind should be like a flame when there...
Sri M said...
Satsang is a group of people trying to find the Truth. You and I are going to look at the problem together.
Sri M said...
In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali uses the word Kaivalya for the Ultimate Reality, which means ‘only or alone’. A person who has touched Kaivalya is kind of alone in the sense that there is nothing lef...
Sri M said...
The search for Nirvana (as in Buddhism) and the search for Moksha (as in Vedanta) are not different things. The core is no different; both are the ultimate freedom.
Sri M said...
Without Viveka (discrimination) and Vairagya (non-possessiveness), you can have yogic powers, but you won’t touch the Truth.
Sri M said...
One of Adi Shankaracharya’s main theories was that rituals are excellent for a specific purpose, but won’t lead you to the Supreme Truth.
Sri M said...
There was a man called Adi Shankaracharya who walked across India and established centers and ashrams. One of his theories was that no rituals or external factors could take one to the Supreme Trut...
Sri M said...
In the wisdom teachings of all ancient religions, there is no intrinsic core difference. It is the same.
Sri M said...
Sadhana is to prepare to the mind towards the extraordinary. And, perhaps then, it gets a glimpse of the Truth.
Sri M said...
Bow down to the Supreme Teacher, who is beyond the understanding of the ordinary mind. Of course, one understands it when the mind is not just ordinary, but slightly above it.