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Oct 02, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

A teacher should be a polished mirror. So that when one looks at it, they would see their actual reflection, not a distorted image. Only when one sees the real picture, one can change. When one doe...

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Oct 01, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Satya Kama means ‘one whose only desire is the Truth’. When one is consumed totally and passionately with the desire for truth and truth alone, then it naturally means that one worships only the Tr...

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Sep 30, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said..

What does a human worship most – Desire? Enjoyment? Wealth? These are the things that man worships – pride, prestige, respect, wealth, lust and power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. One need n...

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Sep 29, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

The illusion is that life is one smooth movement, while actually life is full of ups and downs. There is fleeting joy sometimes, which is replaced often by sorrow. This sorrow is not going to stay ...

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Sep 28, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

‘Poornima’ means ‘full moon’. It’s symbolic of the full moon’s light emanating from the heart of a human being who has purified himself/herself to such an extent that there is no cloud to hide the ...

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Sep 27, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

The Upanishads postulate that nothing that you worship here is the Supreme Being. This is what the Keno Upanishad says: Yen manasa na manuta yena ahur mano matanm. Tadeva Brahma twam viddhi nedam y...

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Sep 26, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

When the mind has ceased to move, when it returns to its original state of absolute stillness, then, something takes place, which we may call the ‘understanding of the reality’. Now, to get there (...