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Sri M said...

June 16, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 4 comments

The difference between Gautam Buddha and us: All our lives, we meet poor and sick people, old and starving, here and there on footpaths, but we don’t become Buddha. Our mind doesn’t change. Why? Be...

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June 15, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 3 comments

If by torturing oneself, one could reach the Supreme, it must be a funny Supreme who has decreed that a person should torture himself in order to reach Him. If you starve the body, the brain ceases...

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June 14, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 5 comments

There is no individual self. There is only that which is the Truth. When one realises the illusory nature of the individual self, when it is snuffed out into shunyata - nothingness - what remains i...

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June 13, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 3 comments

After all our duties and responsibilities are carried out, our children carry these responsibilities forward. At that stage, comes Sanyasa. No use running away from life before that stage. Even if ...

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June 12, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 4 comments

In these times, we don’t have this training to stave off distractions. Now, in childhood itself, we are too exposed to TV, Internet, this and that. Therefore, the mind has already been disturbed an...

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June 10, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 5 comments

Most people need a Guru, as spirituality is an unexplored territory. Taking guidance from a Guru is definitely required. Only a person who has walked the path earlier will know its challenges – whe...

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June 09, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 2 comments

Spiritual people, who reached their goal, used to dress in a particular way. Now, just by dressing like that, we may assume we have reached that state. The people who reached ‘there’ may have used ...

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June 08, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 3 comments

The Guru will be a picture of equanimity always, if he is truly developed spiritually. To understand this, we have to be with the Guru for some days. During this time, we will also get to know if h...

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June 07, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 4 comments

According to me, in the present situation, we do require to be alone and in solitude occasionally. At the same time, we also need to be in touch with the world and understand its realities. Only th...

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June 06, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 5 comments

In spiritual matters, a concrete answer is not possible. Also, everyone pursues it differently - there is not just one path. If I am standing here and want to go there - we can go this way or we ca...

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June 05, 2017 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 7 comments

A particular Guru may be suitable for me but may not be suitable for someone else. Hence, I am against mass spiritual teaching. Prescribing the same formula to all and hoping all will reach the goa...