Quotes by Sri M

“Keep the jewel in the lotus of your heart clean and pure - don't allow anything to sully it! It means don't have hatred towards anybody. Anybody!”

“A real temple is a place where people are served. It is much more than a place where they light lamps. All that is necessary but this service is the most important worship that a human being can do.”

“Happiness is not attainable by acquiring and gathering. It is attained by being good and 'letting go!' There is a great saying in the Ishavasya Upanishad, ‘Tena tyaktena bhunjitha...’ which means ‘...”

“Devotion is a feeling that wells up in the heart, where you cannot differentiate another person from yourself. It’s where you always want to do good to others and never anything bad. Doing bad will...”

“When you serve a less fortunate person – either materially or spiritually – you are not doing him or her a favour. In fact, the person who receives your help does you a favour by accepting what you...”

“How long can you desire something after another? You have a house; you have a steady income, good enough. There is no limit to desires. It will go on expanding; there is nothing you can do about it...”

“Inherent oneness of humanity can be understood only through internal examination when we look into our minds. Each of us has to change. The individual has to change. When the individual changes, th...”

“Sorrows and shortcomings, the cares of this world, do exist certainly but who doesn't have them? Now you – the traveller on the path – should know that they are lessons for you and that, after each...”

“For hours – day in and day out – if we tell lies, how can we search for the Supreme Truth? We have to start with what we are doing now; we cannot jump from here to there. We cannot always speak the...”

“It is more precious than anything your mind can conceive of. How fortunate that this priceless pearl is not far away in some inaccessible part of the world or hidden in the dark bowels of the earth...”

“When you run away from the world, the world follows you. When you are hankering for it, it beats you. So, when you are free of it, you’ll see that everybody wants to give you something, everything ...”

“Anger, desire, they are all linked together. The first characteristic of a person who has attained the spiritual Truth is his heart and his mind has become calm, quiet and content. Anger is such a ...”

“There is nothing on this earth that we can know except through imitation. So, first, practice kindness. Even if it’s an imitation, it doesn’t matter. Imitating a practitioner of kindness is always ...”

“In the Manu Dharma Sutras, there is a beautiful description of how the householder should live. It says the householder – after he has finished his morning activities – should meditate on God and t...”

“A person who is following the path of spirituality does what he has to do fearlessly, without being concerned about what others will say. There’s nothing hidden, it is as open and clear as the sun....”