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Oct 08, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

When all the ‘maya‘ or delusion has been cleared and when all the agitations of the mind are cleared, then only the true essence is left behind. What remains is complete happiness, the Truth, known...

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Oct 07, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Shruti means shrotrasya – ‘that which is heard’, not ‘that which is read’. So ‘hearing’ meaning ‘listening’ is an important part of the Upanishad. And, if the mind is open and clear and not compari...

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Oct 06, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

When I eat a fruit – it’s only when the sense organ comes into contact with the fruit, that I enjoy the taste of it. But that enjoyment is not in the fruit – it is in me. I am the one who is enjoyi...

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Oct 05, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

The rishis–seeing how people are constantly unhappy; seeking all the time and not getting the ultimate fulfillment – discovered that there is happiness, a complete fulfillment available to every hu...

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Oct 04, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

The most important thing for a human being, I believe, is not to cause pain to other human beings. In the Bhagvad Gita, Chapter Twelve, ‘Bhakti Yoga’, Krishna tells Arjuna that one of the most impo...

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Oct 03, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

‘Shakti’ or Energy operates within seven centers in the human psyche. It starts with the lowest one at the end of the spine called the Muladhara Chakra, and goes up through to the other six centers...

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Oct 02, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said...

In a Chakra, the Cosmic Energy operates in ‘circles’ or ‘whirls’ at certain points of the human organism. Hence, it is called a Chakra. It is also called a padma meaning a ‘lotus’ – an ancient symb...

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Oct 01, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Most traditions talk about the ‘Energy’ being raised – it has to be raised from the lower Chakras to the higher. Chakra means a ‘Centre’ – a field of Force. You cannot find a chakra or a lotus – pa...

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Sep 30, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Mula’ means root and ‘adhara’ means foundation or support, the basic support. So, a rough translation would mean ‘root support’ or ‘root foundation’.  This means that the energy, after doing all it...