Quotes

Sri M said...

Vedanta rejects the myth that reality is external to the human mind and acknowledges consciousness as the source of the entire Cosmos.

January 29, 2016

Sri M said...

The only way to study yourself, the only way to know yourself, the only way to realize yourself, to understand yourself as you are and not as you imagine you are, is by being a part of the society....

January 28, 2016

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...

January 27, 2016

Sri M said...

Poornima' means 'full moon'. It’s symbolic of the full moon’s light emanating from the heart of a human being who has purified himself to such an extent that there is no cloud to hide the moon.

January 26, 2016

Sri M said...

The Upanishads postulate that nothing that you worship here is the Supreme Being. This is what the Keno Upanishad says: Yen manasa na manuta yena ahur mano matanm. Tadeva Brahma twam viddhi nedam y...

January 25, 2016

Sri M said...

Your question is whether you need a teacher. Yes, you need a teacher. To learn anything, you need a teacher. But the teacher should not become more important than the teaching. There is a danger in...

January 24, 2016

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.

January 23, 2016

Sri M said...

What does a human worship most - Desire? Enjoyment? Wealth? These are the things that man worships - pride, prestige, respect, wealth, lust and power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. One need n...

January 22, 2016

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...

January 21, 2016

Sri M said...

The Vedantic question is why not go back ? That is, retrace our steps and go back to the source or the reservoir of all happiness, which is within us.

January 20, 2016

Sri M said...

The state where you remain alone in your true self, enjoying the bliss of your inner being, is called 'severance of connection with pain'. Only, in that state, can one sever one's connection with p...

January 19, 2016

Sri M said...

The important aim of the Gita is to lead one to the main character in this whole drama of life. This whole ‘kurukshetra’ of life, which is Krishna—the Supreme Being. Krishna, not as the human, not ...

January 18, 2016