Quotes

Sri M said...

When the mind is absolutely still, when it is no longer engaged in what we call ‘worship’—where every worship has a worshipper and the worshipped, or the thinker and the thing thought of—when the o...

March 22, 2015

Sri M said...

Vedanta is not intellectual acrobatics. You can study all the scriptures and know them by heart. But, unless the quality of mind improves, one cannot find the truth. And how does the quality improv...

March 21, 2015

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Even the greatest iconoclastic religions worship something. They do not have an image of God but they do have a symbol. If they don’t have a symbol, they have a book. If they don’t have a book, the...

March 20, 2015

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There is this great Buddhist Mahayana chant that says, “At some point or the other, in our endless cycle of rebirths, every individual on this earth must have been our mother! Therefore, I bow befo...

March 19, 2015

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Love is a many-splendoured entity. Physical love or spiritual love has the same source, although it manifests in different degrees. You cut across all barriers. Who cares for personal consequences?...

March 18, 2015

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One of the symbols that Shiva carries is the ‘paasha’ - a noose. Shiva only throws this noose on those who are ready to accept the noose; it is not thrown at random. Believe me, it is a beautiful n...

March 17, 2015

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Have you opened your window and, by accident, suddenly noticed a full moon, a beautiful night, and for a few seconds, forgot everything except the moon? You did not exist for the time being, those ...

March 16, 2015

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When I’m enjoying something, there is also a hidden element of unhappiness attached to it. This is because I’m afraid that the thing, which I am enjoying, might disappear any moment. If I have comm...

March 15, 2015

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When one is consumed totally and passionately with the desire for Truth and Truth alone, then it naturally means that one worships only the Truth. One does not worship anything else here and, there...

March 14, 2015

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Surrender to the understanding that here is something that cannot be sought and found by the limited mind, which is built up of limited inputs, coming through the limited senses. When this is fully...

March 13, 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 ...

March 12, 2015

Sri M said...

My true self cannot be found by any mode of thought. If it can’t be found by any mode of thought, then how do you find it?

March 11, 2015