“Self-realization is to understand oneself and, in the process of understanding oneself, break down innumerable illusions that we have about ourselves.”
The Satsang Foundation
Quotes by Sri M
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“The most important kind of meditation is when a human being, one day, realises that the whole circus that is going on around him, this whole world that he has built up around him, has suddenly coll...”
“This (examination to know thyself) is possible only in the midst of society. You cannot really study your mind—that is ‘to know your Self’—in isolation. Sitting in a cave, there is no one with whom...”
“Words are very powerful! If somebody doesn’t know the language, they won’t understand a word, they won’t know what you are saying. The moment they know the language, they will react according to th...”
““The first step is to understand your self, your strengths, your weaknesses, what you actually are. And not start with super-imposing the idea that I am Great, I am Blissful, I am this being and th...”
“The whole theory of Maya does not mean that the world is an illusion. The world is a reality, but the theory of Maya says the world is only relatively real and, therefore, not absolutely real. It i...”
“Whenever a Satya Kama—one who searches for nothing but the Truth—sits in humility before a teacher, with his mind unbiased and open, ready to receive that is given, the teaching or learning involve...”
“Vedanta rejects the myth that reality is external to the human mind and acknowledges consciousness as the source of the entire Cosmos.”
“The only way to study yourself, the only way to know yourself, the only way to realize yourself, to understand yourself as you are and not as you imagine you are, is by being a part of the society....”
“The entire teaching of the Upanishads concerns the kind of knowledge, which when communicated to a mind that’s absolutely silent, results in the discovery of the true self. Having discovered the tr...”
“Poornima' means 'full moon'. It’s symbolic of the full moon’s light emanating from the heart of a human being who has purified himself to such an extent that there is no cloud to hide the moon.”
“The Upanishads postulate that nothing that you worship here is the Supreme Being. This is what the Keno Upanishad says: Yen manasa na manuta yena ahur mano matanm. Tadeva Brahma twam viddhi nedam y...”
“Your question is whether you need a teacher. Yes, you need a teacher. To learn anything, you need a teacher. But the teacher should not become more important than the teaching. There is a danger in...”
“Whether we are on the path of spiritual progress or not, very often we don’t get what we want. This makes us depressed. One must draw the distinction between what we want and what we need.”
“What does a human worship most - Desire? Enjoyment? Wealth? These are the things that man worships - pride, prestige, respect, wealth, lust and power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. One need n...”