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Sep 18, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said...

It is possible for someone to lead a life like a normal human being in a material world and, at the same time, keep the spiritual aspirations intact and work in such as a way as to attain spiritual...

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Sep 17, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said...

You must remember, when you go into a cave, you can leave everything behind but you can’t leave your mind. And yes, the problem is indeed the mind, not anything else around you.

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Sep 16, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said...

In ancient India, the young aspirant, the neophyte known as the ‘Brahmachari’ went to the Rishis, seeking neither wealth, nor health, nor position but pure and unconditioned freedom. This pure, unc...

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Sep 15, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said…

From my personal experience, I would say that the Truth is in the present, an ever-living experience, and not anything that can be gathered and stored in memory, because memory is a thing of the pa...

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Sep 13, 2015 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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Sep 12, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said...

The whole science of meditation is a way to go beyond or to go deeper into the mind, explore the deeper recesses to come up with greater abilities and understanding so much so that the mind realize...

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Sep 11, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said...

What it is that we would attain in the ‘Grahastha’ phase that is different from the ‘Brahmacharya’ phase? Once you are married, you cannot take independent exclusive decisions because you have one ...

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Sep 10, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said...

In this material world, earning one’s living and going through all the travails of worldly existence is a very necessary step to learning about spiritual consciousness and evolving to higher levels...

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Sep 09, 2015 Quotations

Sri M said...

At places like Badrinath and Kedarnath, it is not a very good idea to talk; it is the apt time to be spent in meditation and japa. The best Satsang is to do meditation and japa, visit temples or go...