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Aug 22, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

You cannot really classify spiritual progress into any category and say logically that you can go from step 1 to step 2, and then to step 3. It’s an abandonment of everything. So, all rules are bro...

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Aug 20, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

A real temple is a place where people are served. It is much more than a place where they light lamps. All that is necessary but this service is the most important worship that a human being can do.

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Aug 19, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Happiness is not attainable by acquiring and gathering. It is attained by being good and 'letting go!' There is a great saying in the Ishavasya Upanishad, ‘Tena tyaktena bhunjitha...’ which means ‘...

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Aug 18, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Devotion is a feeling that wells up in the heart, where you cannot differentiate another person from yourself. It’s where you always want to do good to others and never anything bad. Doing bad will...

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Aug 17, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

When you serve a less fortunate person – either materially or spiritually – you are not doing him or her a favour. In fact, the person who receives your help does you a favour by accepting what you...

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Aug 16, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

How long can you desire something after another? You have a house; you have a steady income, good enough. There is no limit to desires. It will go on expanding; there is nothing you can do about it...

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Aug 15, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Inherent oneness of humanity can be understood only through internal examination when we look into our minds. Each of us has to change. The individual has to change. When the individual changes, th...