Quotes

Sri M said...

Sadhana, is meant to purify the mind, to bring about that state which recognises the eternally free. Once it is recognised, then you are eternally free, you don't have any temptations because you h...

July 24, 2024

Sri M said...

Every sadhak who goes onto the spiritual path has great difficulties. But if you are serious about it, as serious as you are about making money or having a child then it's not as difficult. The asp...

July 23, 2024

Sri M said...

The Guru teaches you how to reach this freedom, how to swim towards it, how to enjoy it, how to discover this ocean within you, and that the ocean is you but you don’t know it.

July 22, 2024

Sri M said...

The word Guru has two syllables, Gu and Ru. Gu is Guhya, hidden, dark, darkness and Ru is a short form of Rudra, the destroyer of darkness. So Guru means one who destroys the darkness. When you say...

July 21, 2024

Sri M said...

Merely by taking flowers and gifts to a Guru, one should not suppose that one is moving towards one's spiritual goal. That can happen only when teachings are followed and one remains with the teach...

July 20, 2024

Sri M said...

The moment you are serious that nothing else is more important to you than finding the Truth; your Guru will come to you. One of the main functions of the Guru is to make you stand on your own feet. 

July 19, 2024

Sri M said...

The function of the Guru is to show you a clean mirror and at the right angle so that  you can see yourself as you actually are, not what you want to be.

July 18, 2024

Sri M said...

It is very difficult to comprehend the Guru. It is very difficult to understand because the ways of a spiritual teacher, who is connected with the universe are strange and different. Because we lik...

July 17, 2024

Sri M said...

When a teacher gives you instructions, follow those instructions completely. Don't say that 'this I'll follow, this I won't'. Therefore to take a Guru - spiritual teacher, as a guide, is a choice t...

July 16, 2024

Sri M said...

 The teaching is more important than the teacher.

July 15, 2024

Sri M said..

Both in the waking state and dream state, there is a witness. That witness is real, it is always seeing, always reacting. Without that witness there can neither be a waking state nor dream state. 

July 14, 2024

Sri M said...

What you see of the world  is the image of the world presented to us by the five senses from which the data is gathered and so the mind manufactures what you think is real.

July 13, 2024