Quotes

Sri M said...

Practice kindness first. Even if it’s just imitation, it doesn’t matter. Imitating a practitioner of kindness is always better than imitating a cruel person. Practice and extend kindness to all liv...

December 23, 2015

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Spiritual life is not distinct from our day-to-day life. It is not that I do whatever with my life, and then sit down one day, and visualize the light coming into my house! It is not possible. You ...

December 22, 2015

Sri M said...

I personally think all the ‘Sadhana’ that we do is to bring about the hunger for God, for that Truth. When that hunger has built up, then God is at your doorstep!

December 20, 2015

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The mind is made up of thoughts and thoughts are always vibrating, moving. Sometimes up, sometimes down, constantly in motion. The movement of thought or the waves of thoughts are known as ‘vritti’...

December 19, 2015

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The result of ‘Dharana’ and ‘Dhyana’ is Samadhi’. ‘Samadhi’ is an altered state of consciousness wherein a person who meditates upon whatever he is meditating merges with the object of meditation. ...

December 18, 2015

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The Buddhists use the term ‘paraa gati’ to mean ‘one who has walked across’ or ‘one who has gone beyond’. Such a person is called ‘Bodhi’—meaning one who has the 'bodh’. ‘Paraa gati paraa sangati b...

December 17, 2015

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The Vedanta asserts that this basic attitude, this basic instinct to unite, comes from the fact that we have separated from Unity and have now become dual. Therefore, there is a built-in instinct t...

December 16, 2015

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Good and evil, famous and notorious, darkness and light, positive and negative, all are within the Supreme Being and yet, in its essential essence, the Supreme Godhead is not affected by the opposi...

December 15, 2015

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We are saying that the next stage after aesthetics is spiritual evolution. In aesthetics, you have to put things in order; in spiritual evolution, you have to put your mind in order. In aesthetics,...

December 14, 2015

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When they (the images) fall like nine pins and when you no longer have an image of anything, or when you see that all the images are primarily only an aspect of the Supreme Reality, that they (the ...

December 13, 2015

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When a spiritual teacher puts his disciples to the test, even the most exalted amongst them can fail. It is very difficult for a disciple to pass the master’s test. Therefore, be prepared to examin...

December 11, 2015

Sri M said...

The Supreme Being is the connecting link between all beings, worlds, and galaxies and passes though them all like a thread holding the beads together in a rosary.

December 10, 2015