Quotes by Sri M

“When we are caught up with various things which we consider or think or imagine to be spiritual, then we usually miss the main path to the Real.”

“What we see is not real and therefore we need to touch something which is Real, and move from the unreal to the Real - Asatoma sadgamaya.”

“When Kabir Das wove, everyone thought he was weaving cloth.  Actually, he  was weaving from the warp of love and weft of devotion.”

“There is nothing wrong in maintaining a comfortable existence on this earth. But while you are here, try to understand that this is temporal,  it is here today and gone tomorrow.”

“Love is an all inclusive panacea for all ills. It means utter selflessness, not love for your own sake but love for the sake of love. This is very rare.”

“The Upanishad is the understanding of the Truth and meditation or sadhana is the practice by which you experience what you have understood. These are linked together.  ”

“The mind cannot be in a vacuum. So if you don’t want the mind to be occupied by the outside world with its distractions and disturbances, engage it in something within. The easiest and the best way...”

“This happiness which you seek is not something outside. It is right inside - you just have to turn, reverse your search and look within. ”

“Devotion is spontaneous. We can teach all the ways leading to it but what it is, can’t be taught. Suddenly, the seed sprouts; we don’t know how. It sprouts in different ways for different people.”

“When one is full of worldly knowledge and begins to feel that one knows everything, when one worships knowledge just for the sake of it and not for finding the Truth, then one enters into greater d...”

“Ultimately, what we are seeking from understanding the Upanishads is not something that can be known through the conceptual mind at all! When all the defenses are completely gone, then what remains...”

“As long as you have a physical body, there is nobody who knows everything. So we need to learn.  At any time, one should be prepared to learn. ”

“Holistic living is to live with the understanding that the entire universe is pervaded by that blissful Supreme Being and we are a part of that! ”

“In the ultimate sense, when happiness is found inside, one realizes that there is no difference between the inside and the outside! But first one has to start from the inside.”

“If I begin the enquiry by saying ‘I know’ then there is no enquiry.  So one should sit with that humility which comes out of the understanding that learning has no end.  One can learn any time then...”