Sri M said...
In the Mundaka Upanishad, knowledge there, is mentioned as Vidya and has been divided into Para-vidya and Apara-vidya. In Apar vidya are included all the Vedas and Ved-angas like astronomy, grammer...
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Sri M said...
The Bhagwad Gita, translated literally would mean The Divine Song, Geetam. Indeed from the point of view of the sincere seeker of ‘Truth’, of spiritual fulfillment, it is a song of hope in the mids...
Videos from the Peepal Grove School Retreat, 2017
A retreat led by Sri M was held at the Peepal Grove School campus environs from 8-11 December 2017. Videos of the Satsangs (from the livestreams), informal interactions with Sri M and Q & A ses...
Sri M said...
The movement is from the unreal to the Real. For that, as it is said in the Viveka Chudamani and many other ancient texts – the Upanishads, Gita – the first thing to understand is that there is not...
Sri M said...
Great literature, sublime poetry, exquisite works of art – they have been inspired by love and compassion. It is unselfish love for humanity which is the culmination and the highest point that love...
Sri M said...
Vedanta also says that the real substance of the universe, is the same everywhere. In you and outside you. And that substance cannot even be found by the mind. Then, if it cannot be found by the mi...
Sri M said...
Your opinions, your perceptions, your ideas, your images, they are all relative. They are not absolute. But certainly, some thing exists and that which actually exists cannot be found by the sensor...
Sri M said...
Perception is always relative, it’s comparative. You can only compare. There is no absolute perception.
Remembering Vivekananda’s visit to Kerala
The Hindu reports on Sri M's visit to Thiruvananthapuram. Swami Vivekananda’s life and times unfolded before the audience as spiritual guru Sri M spoke of the activist-seer of the 19th century who ...
Sri M said...
Blankness is very fearful for us. Because the mind thinks it will lose hold, that we will very soon be free of it. It is the tendency of the mind to bind and when we are shaking ourselves out of it...
The Maha Shivarathiri 2018 registrations for Option B [with accommodation] is now closed
Dear All, The MahaShivarathiri 2018 registrations for Option B [with accommodation] is full. Kindly send registrations only for Option A [without accommodation] Registrations for MahaShivarthiri 20...
Sri M said...
It also the reason why Shiva is also called ‘Pashupathi’. Pashu means all the instincts which we have as animals. This is the noose that pulls that animal and makes it do exactly what he wants. Thi...