Quotes

Sri M said....

These layers of prejudice close the eyes, ears, and heart. When the wind blows, nothing can enter. So, all the practices we do are meant to open the windows.

February 19, 2019

Sri M said....

Only when the mind has ceased all finding, grasping, and then settled down in that silence, something happens.

February 18, 2019

Sri M said....

The Upanishads say that the Truth is something which is far and yet so near; it moves but it’s faster than any movement, it’s that which is, and not that which was. Every minute, it is new.

February 17, 2019

Sri M said....

Can there be knowledge of that which ‘Is’? When we try to understand this with our conditioned brain, we gain the insight that all things one gathers in one’s head are a memory. And if it is a memo...

February 16, 2019

Sri M said....

If we are looking for something infinite that cannot be captured in words and cannot be defined, then we are starting from ‘I don’t know’.

February 15, 2019

Sri M said....

If we start our spiritual journey saying ’I know’, then one doesn’t get to know anything.

February 14, 2019

Sri M said....

We can’t live on our past heritage alone; we must look at the now. The entire spiritual movement, scientific progress, is based on the understanding that ‘I don’t know’.

February 13, 2019

Sri M said....

If I say I know everything, then there is no movement, research, or inquiry. It is what we don’t know that inspires us to seek and move forward.

February 12, 2019

Sri M said....

‘Ja ghat prem na sanchare, so ghat jaan masan (smashaan). Jaise khal Lohar ki Saans let bin praan’. The iron monger’s bellows also breathe, but if there’s no love in one’s heart, there’s no point.

February 11, 2019

Sri M said....

Kabir Das narrates the story of the Kasturi Mriga(Musk Deer), an apt illustration of the human predicament. The poor deer wanders all over, trying to locate the source of the fragrance emanating fr...

February 10, 2019

Sri M said....

Many hundred years ago, the great Kabir Das divulged the secret of implementing a resolution: 'kal karey so aaj kar, aaj karey so ab…', meaning 'What you are supposed to do tomorrow, do it today; a...

February 09, 2019

Sri M said....

When we usually say Samadhi, we mean 'Savikalpa samadhi' where there are no vikalpas - where everything is quiet. The next stage of Samadhi is 'Nirvikalpa', where there's nothing left.  Beyond that...

February 08, 2019