Quotes

Sri M said....

The avadhoot Dattatreya had twenty-four teachers in his life, and one of them was the honey–bee. The Avadhoot says, I learnt the lesson from the honeybee, collecting and storing for a rainy day; ho...

October 10, 2018

Sri M said....

The meaning that Adi Shankaracharya has given for ‘shad’ in the word ‘Upanishad’ is ‘to shake up’ – shake the mind out of its delusion that happiness is outside and not inside. Of course in the ult...

October 09, 2018

Sri M said....

When all the ‘maya‘ or delusion has been cleared and when all the agitations of the mind are cleared, then only the true essence is left behind. What remains is complete happiness, the Truth, known...

October 08, 2018

Sri M said....

Shruti means shrotrasya – ‘that which is heard’, not ‘that which is read’. So ‘hearing’ meaning ‘listening’ is an important part of the Upanishad. And, if the mind is open and clear and not compari...

October 07, 2018

Sri M said....

When I eat a fruit – it’s only when the sense organ comes into contact with the fruit, that I enjoy the taste of it. But that enjoyment is not in the fruit – it is in me. I am the one who is enjoyi...

October 06, 2018

Sri M said....

The rishis–seeing how people are constantly unhappy; seeking all the time and not getting the ultimate fulfillment – discovered that there is happiness, a complete fulfillment available to every hu...

October 05, 2018

Sri M said....

The most important thing for a human being, I believe, is not to cause pain to other human beings. In the Bhagvad Gita, Chapter Twelve, ‘Bhakti Yoga’, Krishna tells Arjuna that one of the most impo...

October 04, 2018

Sri M said....

‘Shakti’ or Energy operates within seven centers in the human psyche. It starts with the lowest one at the end of the spine called the Muladhara Chakra, and goes up through to the other six centers...

October 03, 2018

Sri M said...

In a Chakra, the Cosmic Energy operates in ‘circles’ or ‘whirls’ at certain points of the human organism. Hence, it is called a Chakra. It is also called a padma meaning a ‘lotus’ – an ancient symb...

October 02, 2018

Sri M said....

Most traditions talk about the ‘Energy’ being raised – it has to be raised from the lower Chakras to the higher. Chakra means a ‘Centre’ – a field of Force. You cannot find a chakra or a lotus – pa...

October 01, 2018

Sri M said....

Mula’ means root and ‘adhara’ means foundation or support, the basic support. So, a rough translation would mean ‘root support’ or ‘root foundation’.  This means that the energy, after doing all it...

September 30, 2018

Sri M said....

Energy – once its work of creation, preservation, and destruction is done – still remains whole. This is not possible when we think of energy in the daily world. We work and we feel tired. We say, ...

September 29, 2018