Quotes

Sri M said...

To understand, while we are OK that we still have to go beyond; that we have to find lasting peace; that we have to find the Real which is the Immortal Self and to understand that THAT is much more...

January 03, 2017

Sri M said...

From the unreal feeling, the unreal understanding, the unreal imagination that I am the body, may I be lifted to a plane where I may begin to understand that I am the Reality. May the Reality dawn ...

January 02, 2017

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‘Govinda’ is the Supreme Being; Krishna is also called ‘Govinda’ because he had complete control over the cows with him. Now ‘Go’ also means the senses and one who has complete control over the sen...

January 01, 2017

Sri M said...

The Dhyana sloka in the Bhagvad Gita says: “Sarvo Upanishado Gaavo—all the Upanishads are cows; Dugdha Gopala Nandana—the one milks them is Krishna, the cowherd boy; Partho Vatsaha—Partha or Arjuna...

December 31, 2016

Sri M said...

In the deeper sense of the term, the consciousness, which is the ground from which all the thoughts arise, that is the real you. So to get back there, you have to allow the thoughts to quieten down.

December 29, 2016

Sri M said...

To get the mind free of the material world’s trappings, I would say the only way is to live in the midst of it. Get guidance from one’s teacher and work towards handling it. Come to terms with the ...

December 28, 2016

Sri M said...

When I am clear, when I have no single thought touching my mind, when I can control what thought I want, that is not fantasizing. Fantasizing means replacing reality with something unreal. Here, in...

December 27, 2016

Sri M said...

The sustainer and creator of the universe is the intelligent energy that pervades this universe. The ‘atman’—the consciousness that we understand—is a spark of that supreme consciousness. We cannot...

December 26, 2016

Sri M said...

The ‘atman’—the consciousness that we understand—is a spark of that supreme consciousness. We cannot touch that supreme consciousness with our individual little minds. We can only touch our spark.

December 25, 2016

Sri M said...

The sun is a symbol of the Supreme primordial life energy, the ‘Vaisvanaara’, which pervades all objects, protects all objects, and gives life to everything on Earth. The Rishi, also known as the K...

December 24, 2016

Sri M said...

I look at this world and I see, through ordinary common sense, that it is not permanent. It is not permanent, it is temporary and what is temporary cannot be real. Everything is getting destroyed. ...

December 23, 2016

Sri M said...

The central message is that, there is only One Supreme Being and that Supreme Being resides in the hearts of all. He is the ‘Antaryami’ – residing in the heart of all beings. By living a righteous ...

December 22, 2016