Quotes by Sri M

“Spiritual development is not a mass affair. We cannot develop spiritually in groups. All that should be taken off our minds. We are not sheep that can be herded together and made to eat the same fo...”

“Every day when you wake up in the morning, or go to bed at night, look at yourself and say, ‘what am I doing? How many falsities are still in my life? Am I really doing my sadhana sincerely?’ Peopl...”

“If both shraddha and saburi are there, then definitely, there is no problem in sadhana. Both are necessary. Absolute, one-pointed total attention is required in our path along with infinite patience.”

“What each one of us must understand is to first lead a good life - helping as many people as possible, to sing the name of God, to do our ‘japa’, and to dwell on the Inner Spirit constantly.”

“Satsang is critical because you ‘become’ according to the company you keep. If I live with people who talk about the Truth or want to find out what it is; who do japa, kirtan and bhajan, then I wil...”

“Sai Baba of Shirdi was a prime example of a manifestation of the Supreme Being in the form of a poor ‘Fakir’. He taught the unity of not only Vedanta and other Hindu scriptures, but also pointed ou...”

“Serving a human being is the greatest form of worship. It also purifies your mind and prepares you for the spiritual journey”

“Greed transfers itself even into the so-called spiritual system. I call this ‘spiritual materialism’. I don’t think real teachers are for sale. You can give a teacher millions of dollars. I don’t t...”

“‘That which does not move’ – is that which is absolutely still like the eye of the cyclone, total motion but in the middle there is absolute calmness. And, it is from that calmness that everything ...”

“Start with where you are. Then you can improve and break the images that you have. Ultimately when you have broken all images, then you find the truth.”

“Normally, I think I’m already perfect. When I begin to see where I am wrong, what is wrong with me and how to repair myself, it’s then that the whole spiritual journey begins.”

“Mouna is a state of mind where the mind has become quiet and tranquil, even in the midst of all cyclones. A human being whose mind has become tranquil can remain peaceful even while talking a lot. ...”

“Any thought is a distraction during meditation. The only thought that is not a distraction is the thought of the deity or that I am meditating or the thought that in me is the Supreme self. These t...”

“I’m That which is the essence, a part of the all-pervading Supreme reality. If this thought occurs, then you see the Supreme in every leaf and grain of sand. This has to settle down, absorbed withi...”

“What is real? The Real is that you are the Self, the inner self. Everything else is role playing. I understand that we need to play the role to perfection but when you finish the photo shoot, don’t...”