Quotes

Sri M said...

The Vedantin searching for the truth comes across a certain set of conclusions and says: “Now this cannot be, it is not this. I am looking for the ultimate truth and this cannot be that.” It is rel...

August 05, 2017

Sri M said...

The whole theory of Maya does not mean that the world is an illusion. The world is a reality, but the theory of Maya says the world is only relatively real and, therefore, not absolutely real. It i...

August 04, 2017

Sri M said...

When it comes to enquiry, or going within and finding oneself, one has to discard a number of misunderstandings and illusions not only inside but also those of the outside world—the world which we ...

August 03, 2017

Sri M said...

Divine Love is to be understood through ordinary love. If you have a rough idea about ordinary Love, then expand it by a thousand times, you have divine Love—something selfless, utterly selfless an...

August 02, 2017

Sri M said...

The best prayer is, 'God, you know what’s in my heart; I don’t need to tell you. You are omniscient; you know everything, so do what’s best for me. This is my earnest and sincere prayer to you'.

August 01, 2017

Sri M said...

As you read the Upanishads, you will find in many places, that the seeker of the truth is addressed ‘Satya Kama’. It could be a name, but then Sanskrit is an ancient language and every name has a m...

July 31, 2017

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Moksha means to be totally free. To be completely happy, without depending on anything in the outside world. It is ‘moksha’—not being ensnared by any desire. Therefore, the natural corollary to it ...

July 29, 2017

Sri M said...

Whether we are on the path of spiritual progress or not, very often we don’t get what we want. This makes us depressed. One must draw the distinction between what we want and what we need.

July 28, 2017

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A teacher should be a polished mirror. So that when one looks at it, they would see their actual reflection, not a distorted image. Only when one sees the real picture, one can change. When one doe...

July 27, 2017

Sri M said...

The entire teaching of the Upanishads concerns the kind of knowledge, which when communicated to a mind that’s absolutely silent, results in the discovery of the true self. Having discovered the tr...

July 26, 2017

Sri M said...

Yoga is the stilling of the mind. Yoga is the cessation of all the modifications of the mind. Yoga is freeing the mind from all its distractions.

July 25, 2017

Sri M said...

So, all this fear of what will happen if I let go of my petty little self, with its petty little world (mainly of my own creation) is meaningless. It is merely the ignorant little ego trying to mak...

July 24, 2017