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May 30, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

By serving somebody, you are doing nothing actually. The person whom you serve is giving you an opportunity to evolve. ‘You’ are not giving anybody anything. If ‘you’ don’t, somebody else will prov...

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May 29, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

No one can spiritually advance by simply sitting down cross-legged and meditating 24 hours. The moment you begin to see divinity in all living beings and start serving human beings, the mind can be...

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May 26, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

In Sankya, everything is ruled by the three gunas – Tamas, Rajas and Sattva. Simplified, these mean lethargy or darkness, energy for action and goodness respectively. Each person has a different ra...

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May 25, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

When the mind becomes still and quiet, it turns within and comes to the Source. Such a person cannot be selfish. Why? One is selfish when one craves for something. What happens when you don’t want ...

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May 24, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

When Purusha is experienced, the human being begins to understand that the fullness, completeness, security, and happiness we were seeking in the outside world are all found within. There is no bet...

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May 23, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

Samadhi is the culmination of the practice of Yoga, where all the distractions of the mind-stuff are removed, and the mind becomes absolutely calm and quiet. In that quiet, ripple-less mind, is ref...

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May 21, 2019 Quotations

Sri M said...

There was a time when the Vedantin thought one could attain Kaivalya merely by reflection and saying, ‘I am Brahman’. Yogic practice is the process by which we will experience it as a result of a c...