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Nov 05, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

The path that has been described by all the important teachers, unfortunately, happens to be narrow, not because of any narrowness in thinking but because the other paths are so wide and inviting t...

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Nov 04, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Most of the activities of the world that we perform, based on the assumption that we are the body, binds us down to the earth. Karma Yoga is the theory or teaching that says that if you can act kno...

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Nov 03, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Arjuna attempted to run away from sorrow and hide. Krishna said, “Face it! There is no way you can get rid of it. Understand its reason. If you understand the reason, then you can be free of it for...

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Nov 02, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

In the Gita, there is an exhortation to perform action and not to run away from it. It is not that one becomes inactive. On acts but one is not caught by the results of the activity. This is ‘karma...

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Nov 01, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

In sleep, you are not even aware of your own existence. If you are not aware of your own existence, then where is your problem? The world may turn upside down but you don’t care. That’s why everybo...

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Oct 31, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

We have not changed. You see, the way of doing things has been polished and perfected. This is what intellectual life has taken us to. We have found medicines for diseases; but we haven’t found med...

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Oct 30, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Those who have transcended the external rites of religion should begin to look within to find the true essence. This is very essential because without the true essence, sometime or the other, the e...

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Oct 29, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

We are either full of our own thoughts or our own prejudices. We are full of what others have taught us or what has been crammed into our brain. There is no space, it is filled to the brim. And if ...