Quotes

Sri M said ...

Sorrows and shortcomings, the cares of this world, are certainly there, but who doesn’t have them? Now you, the traveler on the path, should know that they are lessons for you, and that after each ...

November 11, 2025

Sri M said ...

You are the consciousness which is the witness of all the drama, watching in amusement as the ego plays its games, dons different masks at different times and ends up identifying itself with the ro...

November 09, 2025

Sri M said ...

The key principle of the teaching is that we are in our true essence complete and full. It’s because we haven’t recognised this that we are looking for it outside.

November 08, 2025

Sri M said ...

The most important function of the Guru is to act as a well-polished mirror so that we see ourselves as we are, with all our imperfections.  The teacher reflects what is going on in us. Sometimes t...

November 07, 2025

Sri M said ...

Following the teachings is more important than worshipping the Teacher. 

November 06, 2025

Sri M said ...

All things about spiritual matters boil down to your day to day relationships.  We can sit at home and meditate for hours but when we come out and (we have not changed for the better) are still the...

November 05, 2025

Sri M said ...

When one has reached the Sun, the spiritual Sun that is eternal and fearless, one does not have to come back into this world of sorrow. That is the final goal.

November 04, 2025

Sri M said ...

When one has reached the Sun, the spiritual Sun that is eternal and fearless, one does not have to come back into this world of sorrow. That is the final goal.  

November 03, 2025

Sri M said ...

According to Vedanta that feeling of being dependent on what is around you, the feeling that you are bound and that you have to get out of it, is part of the great illusion of the mind called the M...

November 02, 2025

Sri M said ...

In ancient India, the young aspirant, brahmachari went to the masters, the Rishis, seeking not wealth, health, or position, but pure and unconditioned freedom.  And this pure, unconditioned, unboun...

November 01, 2025

Sri M said ...

The spiritual path nearly always, except in cases of certain gifted individuals who have been born with spiritual faculties, requires a guide; because we are largely walking on unexplored territory...

October 31, 2025

Sri M said ...

This human body and this human world into which we come are full of sorrow from all sides. Since it is the only vehicle which leads us to moksha, it is very precious. 

October 30, 2025