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Nov 16, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said..

In bhakti yoga, when japa is to be done, one conceives of a lotus or a flower, or a light in the centre of one’s chest or heart, and then, one invites that form of God that one has selected, to com...

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Nov 15, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said...

If you notice, even when you sit quietly, the mind ceaselessly chatters. When this chattering ends, there is silence. This silence is not the same silence you feel when there is no sound outside. W...

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Nov 14, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said...

The attempt to reach out for the Truth is so unlike our reaching out for sensory things. It is actually not a reaching out, but a settling down. This settling down can happen only in total tranquil...

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Nov 13, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said...

The first thing we have to understand is where we stand at the moment. And when we carefully look at where we stand, we shall soon discover that we labor under a thousand different illusions that k...

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Nov 11, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said...

Like the lotus that grows in water whose leaves and petals remain dry, the yogi derives nourishment from the material world but remains undefiled and untouched by its seductions.

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Nov 10, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said...

In the search for happiness one encounters many sorrows, many disappointments. Once you turn within and understand that it is right here, then slowly our minds become stabilized. This takes time, a...

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Nov 09, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said...

Do not hide anything from your spiritual guru, because it is he who is going to help you  to be cured of your ignorance.  What we mean by being intimate with God is to expose you completely. This k...

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Nov 08, 2023 Quotations

Sri M said...

Spiritual evolution is not incompatible with regular living. Intervals of solitude are necessary but you should not shut yourself totally. The world around you is the touchstone to spiritual practice.