Quotes

Sri M said ...

All the dance systems we have in this country can be traced to the Tandava of Shiva also called Nataraja, Lord of dance. Tandava nritya is a dance of destruction, everything is shaken up, but if yo...

May 26, 2025

Sri M said ...

The most powerful enemy for a yogi, if one is on the spiritual path, is Kamadeva. Kamadeva need not necessarily mean sensual, physical pleasures. Kama means desire.  

May 25, 2025

Sri M said ...

When you sit down in meditation, images and thoughts of  all kinds will come. The way to do it is to break everything.  

May 24, 2025

Sri M said ...

We like to think we live in the present. Most of us live in the past because we cling to the images that we have created and others have created for us. So we actually live in the past. 

May 23, 2025

Sri M said ...

While structures are important for living and other things, constantly being involved in the structures makes the mind also a physical structure. You are no more free, even the thoughts, the expres...

May 22, 2025

Sri M said ...

If you have an old building and you want to put up a new structure there, what do you do first?  You demolish all that is old and constructed, all that is artificial, so that the new comes up. From...

May 21, 2025

Sri M said ...

If we are making spiritual progress, don’t judge by how many visions or kinds of lights one sees. What we have to look at is how one behaves. Have I become less selfish? Has my world narrowed down ...

May 20, 2025

Sri M said ...

Nobody can give us illumination; we have to find it ourselves.  Just as one who is hungry has to find food for oneself.

May 19, 2025

Sri M said ...

The paths are many and the goal is total fullness and completeness. We are all seeking though we may not be spiritually inclined. If even a few people understand this and start living this way, we ...

May 18, 2025

Sri M said ...

Sleep is like a mini-death. So, can we get up in the morning fresh and see as if everything is new?  

May 17, 2025

Sri M said ...

When Buddha said to his monks - ‘Go Forth!’, he didn’t mean to only walk, he also meantgetting out of the stagnant little pool that we have created. Move!  

May 16, 2025

Sri M said ...

It’s more important to understand the teachings than to worship the teacher. The sacred is always around us and in our hearts.

May 15, 2025