Quotes

Sri M said...

Moksha means to be totally free, to be completely happy without depending on anything in the material world. Moksha is not governed by desire.

January 17, 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...

January 16, 2016

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The entire teaching of the body of scriptures called ‘Upanishad’ is regarding the kind of knowledge communicated into a mind, which is absolutely silent, absolutely quiet, so that it discovers the ...

January 15, 2016

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The experience of happiness is innate, not in the object that I enjoy. The object may although be necessary to excite it or bring it out. Therefore, Vedanta says: the source of all happiness is wit...

January 14, 2016

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A spiritual teacher need not necessarily be someone who lives in the Himalayas for hundreds of years. He may be living in your outhouse, your backyard or your kitchen garden. There are hundreds of ...

January 13, 2016

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As your feelings become more and more subtle, deeper centers of the human mind open up. These serve as a link to that which is beyond the ordinary mind.

January 12, 2016

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As long as other people are thinking various things about you, it’s OK. If you start believing what they are thinking about you, you are lost! You are sunk!’

January 11, 2016

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I would say, living in this world and experiencing life is the philosopher’s stone that eventually transforms you from base metal to pure gold.

January 10, 2016

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Nivrutti Marga and Pravartti Marga - Pravratti means the mind is outgoing, also known as extrovert. It operates outside, through the senses. All the experiences of this world are gained through Pra...

January 09, 2016

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Every one of us, although we say we are looking for this or that, is looking for philosophy or welfare. What we are really looking for is happiness.

January 08, 2016

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The root sorrow is about the wrong identity. One thinks one is the body. Being body-oriented, one becomes vulnerable to sorrows. One experiences the sorrows because anything that happens to the bod...

January 07, 2016

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In “Kalaripayattu’ — the art of self-defense popular in Kerala — they say: Never do anything when you are angry because all your calculations may go wrong. So let your anger dissipate and then perf...

January 06, 2016