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Oct 19, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

In Mundaka Upanishad, Mundaka means shaven-headed. So, it’s intended for Renunciants who have shaven off their hair. It indicates people who have cleared all their negativities and ego—somebody who...

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Oct 17, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

There is no difference in the ancient universal teachings. But when it becomes more organized, it loses its core. Why? Because you get more interested in the external aspects.

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Oct 16, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

When we get to a position where we have money or power, we forget that the source is somewhere else. Then we get so proud that we try to challenge the source from where prosperity comes. And, that’...

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Oct 15, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

Dialogue, not argument, is critical between the teacher and student. The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna. Krishna tells Arjuna that his mind should be like a flame when there...

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Oct 13, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali uses the word Kaivalya for the Ultimate Reality, which means ‘only or alone’. A person who has touched Kaivalya is kind of alone in the sense that there is nothing lef...