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Jun 11, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

Meditation, the search for happiness, is successful and most effective only when the mind begins to change. That is essentially Sadhana and meditation, not merely the mechanical practice of sitting...

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Jun 10, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

All Sadhana is not mere meditation. Sadhana has to be complimented by one’s activity in the outside world – how one deals with other human beings and so on. That’s also an essential part of Sadhana...

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Jun 09, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

If you are fulfilled, if you are happy within yourself, if you are independent of anything external and still exude happiness, then you don’t have to do Sadhana. There is no necessity for doing Sad...

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Jun 07, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

One has to start somewhere and that starting point is not far away but right here and now. One can start with ten minutes of introspection daily and, then slowly proceed to the more important and i...

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Jun 06, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

One who practices meditation and lives in this world will soon discover even the workings of this world or his relationship with this world or the way he functions in this world is much more perfec...

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Jun 04, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

In Sadhana, it’s required to spend some period in solitude, especially in the beginning. Ramakrishna Paramahansa used to say that in the beginning of the Sadhana, one should protect oneself like th...

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Jun 03, 2016 Quotations

Sri M said...

If I go to the caves of the Himalayas and meditate for twelve years and say that I am free of anger and jealousy and all the emotions normally associated with undeveloped human minds, I really can’...