Quotes

Sri M said...

The mind has to be shaken up from wrong ideas; essentially meaning, a churning-up - ‘manthan’ is required. It’s only when the mind is churned-up that it can explore fresh horizons; otherwise, it be...

May 21, 2020

Sri M said...

Humility means the understanding or the awareness that one doesn’t know or perhaps, there is more to know. This means the idea that one ‘knows’ has to be set aside, that the brain or mind is empty ...

May 20, 2020

Sri M said...

If the mind is to be shaken up from its beliefs, and from its sleep of ignorance, then it has to be woken up from the stupor in which it is caught.

May 19, 2020

Sri M said....

Two times are very important for any kind of spiritual practice: one is dawn and the other is dusk. Both are called Sandhya because they are the coming together of the two lights - darkness and light.

May 18, 2020

Sri M said...

Bhakti is the deep feeling in the heart; of devotion to the truth, if you are interested in some form of God, which you worship. Attachment to that itself is bhakti.

May 17, 2020

Sri M said...

Gayatri Mantra, the most important prayer of the Rigveda says ‘illumine my intellect’.  Sharpen the mind so that it can understand its limitations.

May 16, 2020

Sri M said...

Upanishad: upa means to move closer, and shad means to settle down, sit, relax, listen. The in-between word ni indicates the connection between going near and sitting down.

May 15, 2020

Sri M said...

Sadhana is meant to go deep into the realities, into the truth of the Upanishads, into the core of the teachings, into the core of one's being.

May 14, 2020

Sri M said...

Sadhana is not about doing something and reaching somewhere; one purifies the vessel to be fit to receive the full flow of the grace of knowledge.

May 13, 2020

Sri M said...

Every religion has a core, which is spiritual and if you are merely following the formalities and not going to the core, then you are really not practicing the religion

May 12, 2020

Sri M said...

To be religious only and not spiritual, is just to follow the outwards form of religion, which means you are just following the shell and not going to the essence.

May 11, 2020

Sri M said...

You can be religious and at the same time be spiritual. There need not be a dichotomy, you can be both, or you can be anyone.  

May 10, 2020