Quotes

Sri M said ...

Sanyasa is not for the lazy. A true sanyasin is one who lives in this world, and acts without worrying too much about the results of the action. 

May 02, 2025

Sri M said ...

Most of the activities of the world that we perform, based on the assumption that we are the body, bind us down to the Earth. Karma Yoga is the theory or teaching which says, that if you can act kn...

May 01, 2025

Sri M said ...

Like the frog that lives on Earth and water, the one who has understood the Truth, whose mind is anchored to the Spirit, can live in this world also.  

April 30, 2025

Sri M said ...

The actual aim of understanding the Gita is to go beyond all construction, words, and all conditioning until the Supreme Brahman is face to face with you.  

April 29, 2025

Sri M said ...

It doesn’t matter what your belief is. If you need to survive in this world, you need to put in hard work. 

April 28, 2025

Sri M said ...

All our thought processes are made up of language. Music is something which cuts across all barriers. 

April 27, 2025

Sri M said ...

Knowing oneself starts with knowing oneself in the midst of people, not alone. In seclusion, I don’t see how I am.  We should first know who we are and where we stand. To know thyself means knowing...

April 25, 2025

Sri M said ...

Bhakti cannot be cultivated. It either happens, or it does not happen. It’s only with grace, we cannot say anything. We can do puja etc and, all that is fine. When the heart becomes tender, it happ...

April 24, 2025

Sri M said ...

The wisest man very soon discovers the limitations of the intellect. The Upanishads declare, yanmanasā na manute yenāhurmano matam, that which even the mind cannot understand, that is the Supreme R...

April 23, 2025

Sri M said ...

In para bhakti, all that the devotee asks for is the darshan of the Lord. Even separation sometimes is enjoyed.  

April 22, 2025

Sri M said ...

Gita is not something to be read as a theoretical text. While you need to do that, it should be looked at as a sadhana, a practice by which you free yourself.

April 21, 2025

Sri M said ...

Any approach to the spiritual usually starts when one goes through pain, obstacles to our advancement, when we want something, we don't get it. Then we begin to think, is life just this much or is ...

April 20, 2025