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May 12, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

Giving respect to women is a very important part of civilization. If it is not there, no civilization is going to grow or expand. You may economically become rich, but it is of no use. You might cu...

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May 10, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

I think whatever tools are given to us, we must use them to make a better tomorrow rather than saying it will happen, or if it happens, it's my karma, so I'm suffering. You have to wake up.

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May 09, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

If there is an effect, it has a cause. This is the karmic theory. IfI have done some karmas in the past and I am suffering the results today, I can't go back to my past birth and change it. What do...

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May 08, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

In the modern way of life, giving up everything and going away somewhere doesn't work. You will come back in 10 days. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to call it monkey’s vairagya.

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May 07, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

The Upanishad says - Atmano mokshartham jagat hitayacha. Moksha for the Atman but do good for the world. You cannot meditate for 24 hours. So, what do you do the rest of the time? Help people. Do w...

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May 06, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said....

When people begin to realize that this life is so temporary. I am here today and gone tomorrow. When they ask is there something permanent, then only the spiritual journey will begin.

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May 05, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

Karma Yoga is essential for every human being. It is Karma but when the work is done not only for oneself but for others, it becomes Karma Yoga. Otherwise it is only Karma.

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May 04, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

While we have a physical body and we live in the physical world, the true essence of our being is the atma, the inner self. All attempts to touch That, to go to the core of yourself, which is an am...

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May 03, 2024 Quotations

Sri M said...

Enjoyment in this world should not be the main aim of life. We should try to do good things, help others. Then the mind begins to become better and more spiritual. It experiences that joy, which yo...