Quotes by Sri M

“If you go by the traditional understanding, meditation means dhyana. Before dhyana there is dharana and then there is samadhi. So, when you say dhyana, it merges into samadhi; that's what meditatio...”

“Truth is now and everywhere. We need to just take out the weeds, one by one.”

“The mind itself does not exist as a separate entity. It exists as a separate entity as long as it has the ‘I’. When the vrittis are gone, there is no separate entity. It's only consciousness.”

“If it is the truth, it cannot be defined, memorized and felt here now. Why, because the truth is something that can't be defined. It is all pervading.”

“If you can remember a spiritual experience, it ceases to be a spiritual experience. In a way all experiences and past knowledge are a barrier.”

“Every day is a new day. It's not as if once discovered, it’s done. Every day there is an unveiling happening and it happens in different ways.”

“There are different ways of getting there. You get there when you are not conscious of it actually. When all trying ceases, when everything is quiet, then you get there. That’s why the Upanishads s...”

“The Upanishad is called Vedanta because that which when understood and experienced, there is no more desire to learn anything, or to experience anything, because it’s the highest happiness and blis...”

“The Brahman - Supreme reality is called, ‘anantam anandam brahman’ - that ‘ananda’ which has no end.”

“The teaching of the Upanishad is while That supreme reality - the all-pervading reality is everywhere, the only place we can access it is in our hearts. If you have accessed it in your heart, you c...”

“It is important to have intelligence. But it’s the most intelligent person, who very soon discovers the limitations of the intellect on one’s spiritual journey.”

“A mind that is free of distraction no longer remains a conditioned mind. It’s already unconditioned and is open to all experiences.”

“In Gita, Krishna says this yoga is not for him who eats too much or eats too little, or sleeps too much or sleeps too little. It’s a metaphor which means stick to the middle path. Don’t go into any...”

“Infinite consciousness, which is blissful and full of light, can also be approached through devotion to a deity.”

“When this energy goes one-pointedly in the direction of the inner, then everything ceases and you go back to your real source - that which is within us as pure consciousness. Everything else is inc...”