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Dec 08, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Don’t we look at ourselves and see how we are always occupied with ourselves? Spend some time to look at others, maybe half an hour. When we can look at others, we are progressing in our outlook.

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Dec 07, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

We discussed the meaning of the word Upanishad. It is that which is learnt sitting close to the teacher with complete humility in order to understand the ultimate supreme truth. So the Gita itself ...

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Dec 06, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

It is only when you come to a situation where you are face to face with sorrow that you stop and look at that which is beyond. If you are always happy, if you always get a lollipop to suck—which is...

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Dec 05, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

All things spiritual boil down to your relationships in day-to-day life. Otherwise, we can just sit at home and meditate for hours, and be the same person when we come out. It does not work.

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Dec 04, 2016 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. All...

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Dec 03, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Great literature, sublime poetry, and exquisite works of art—they have been inspired by love and compassion. It is unselfish love for humanity, which is the culmination and the highest point that l...

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Dec 02, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Look carefully and observantly at the outside world—the physical world, the substance as we know it—setting aside all other preconceived ideas we have about it. Look at what we think is substance, ...

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Dec 01, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

We think, that with our rational brain, we can solve everything! This is one of the problems faced by man when he reads the scriptures. He feels, that with his intellect, he can explain everything....

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Nov 30, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

There is nothing to fear, and to live with this understanding is called holistic living. Holistic living is to live with the understanding the blissful Supreme Being pervades the entire universe an...