Quotes

Sri M said ...

The one sure sign of a true bhakta is the absence of selfishness. If anyone pretends to be one and you discover even a tinge of selfishness, keep away. 

July 01, 2025

Sri M said ...

Only when one has perfectly understood that all that exists is the ‘Self ’, will selfishness be completely destroyed. Doesn’t all immorality spring from selfishness? As you approach nearer and near...

June 30, 2025

Sri M said ...

As you progress, you’ll become more and more morally perfect and so also will your progress in meditation become better and better. This will go on until you reach your final goal. Till then, there...

June 29, 2025

Sri M said ...

Meditation and practice of moral precepts complement each other. Begin to meditate today. Do not postpone it. Side by side with this, attempt to follow the yamas and niyamas to the best of your abi...

June 28, 2025

Sri M said ...

Feed one hungry man even once and see how much easier it is to contact the Divinity when you sit down for meditation that day.

June 27, 2025

Sri M said ...

Serve others  but remember while doing so to be thankful to them for providing you with the opportunity to serve them and thereby speeding up your spiritual progress. It is you who should be thankf...

June 26, 2025

Sri M said ...

No one can meditate or remain engaged in devotional activities for 24 hours a day. There may be exceptions but we are talking of the general run of mankind. Therefore, find some time when you are e...

June 25, 2025

Sri M said ...

Don’t forget that the aim is union with the Divine, or as some others might put it, ‘sieving the ore to discover pure gold’.

June 24, 2025

Sri M said ...

Sing and dance to your heart’s content. Absorb yourself in devotional music and let it carry you to higher states of consciousness. Once you taste the wine of devotion, you’ll never want to touch l...

June 23, 2025

Sri M said ...

As far as intoxicants are concerned, one doesn’t have to be extraordinarily intelligent to understand why one is advised to abstain from them. Anything that makes one unbalanced and lose one’s sens...

June 22, 2025

Sri M said ...

A spiritual life is not incompatible with worldly existence. A properly lived life in the world is conducive to meditation. This is especially true, if you are also inclined to practise asanas, pra...

June 21, 2025

Sri M said ...

While rituals and ceremonies may be dispensed with if found unnecessary and cumbersome, yamas and niyamas, the rules of conduct have to be studied carefully and adopted as far as possible, because,...

June 20, 2025