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Nov 14, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

In Vedanta, what the Vedantist does, is to examine the world around him and find out that it is impermanent. He says, ” This world is impermanent because today it’s here and tomorrow it is gone. Al...

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Nov 13, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

Have you opened your window and by accident, suddenly noticed a full moon – a beautiful night – and for a few seconds, you forget everything except the moon? You did not exist for the time being, t...

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Nov 11, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

Sometimes, what you think is misfortune is ‘fortune’ which comes in the garb of misfortune. Only then, you begin to think seriously, “Where am I going?” ” What am I doing?” So, that’s another reaso...

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Nov 10, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

So, all this fear of what will happen if I let go of my petty little self with its petty little world (mainly of my own creation) is meaningless. It is merely the ignorant little ego trying to make...

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Nov 09, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

When I’m enjoying something, even then there is a hidden element of unhappiness there, because I’m afraid that the thing which I am enjoying might go off at any moment. If I have common sense, I mu...

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Nov 08, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

To be truthful, there is really no little self. All the great sages who have gone deep into the question “Who am I?” have discovered that, as they begin to enquire into the origin of the ‘I’, the l...

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Nov 07, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

So you see by giving up the miserable little self, one is not lost. On the other hand, the Greater self is gained. How can one become unconscious when the fountainhead of conscious- ness is that ve...

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Nov 06, 2017 Quotations

Sri M said...

When one becomes aware of the mind which looks for happiness outside, when deep within lies the treasure trove, then and only then does the little self begin to disappear and one becomes more and m...