Quotes

Sri M said...

Samadhi is an altered state of consciousness where the mind becomes absolutely still. all the distractions, opposing thoughts, aggressive thoughts, attaching thoughts  subside and you are in a quie...

September 01, 2024

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As long as you have a physical body, nobody can know everything.  We need to learn. At any time, one should be prepared to learn. 

August 31, 2024

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Ninety percent of the troubles in this world are caused by not talking responsibly. Before you speak, follow three principles. What am I going to say? Who am I going to say this to?  Is this the ri...

August 30, 2024

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If an intense desire to be free of suffering arises in a human mind, that mind need not be an extraordinary intellectual.The intensity of desire to get out of it is mainly emotional, not intellectu...

August 29, 2024

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In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna that the mind can be a friend, but the same mind can also be an enemy.  Cultivate the friendly side of your mind.  And, don’t give too much attention to t...

August 28, 2024

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Music cannot be played if the flute is filled with muck. You have to empty it out. It has to be hollow. You can’t blow through a solid flute. So, all the muck has to go and when it is clean, hand i...

August 27, 2024

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Krishna is also called Navanita Chor – one who steals the butter, which is derived by churning the milk.  Hence, churning is essential, without which nothing can come out. And, when the butter come...

August 26, 2024

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Krishna is depicted mostly with a flute in his hand, playing beautiful music. Music penetrates the heart. When you listen to music in rapt attention, you go so deep that you begin to hear the inner...

August 25, 2024

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The most important thing for a human being, I believe, is not to cause pain to other human beings. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna that one of the most important qualities of my bhakta, ...

August 24, 2024

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Krishna represents love. Love is a comprehensive panacea for all ills. If you really understand the meaning of it – utter selflessness, not love for my own sake but love for Love’s sake – only then...

August 23, 2024

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Life moves. The problem is we would like to freeze it and hold on to it. It is not possible. You can freeze it for a while, seemingly, but it will break its dam and begin to flow again.

August 21, 2024

Sri M said...

If we can voluntarily extricate ourselves from the conditioning thoughts that are in our minds and open up for receiving what is beyond the three dimensional world and the ordinary way of thinking,...

August 20, 2024