“I personally think all the ‘Sadhana’ that we do is to bring about the hunger for God, for that Truth. When that hunger has built up, then God is at your doorstep!”
The Satsang Foundation
Quotes by Sri M
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“The mind is made up of thoughts and thoughts are always vibrating, moving. Sometimes up, sometimes down, constantly in motion. The movement of thought or the waves of thoughts are known as ‘vritti’...”
“The result of ‘Dharana’ and ‘Dhyana’ is Samadhi’. ‘Samadhi’ is an altered state of consciousness wherein a person who meditates upon whatever he is meditating merges with the object of meditation. ...”
“The Buddhists use the term ‘paraa gati’ to mean ‘one who has walked across’ or ‘one who has gone beyond’. Such a person is called ‘Bodhi’—meaning one who has the 'bodh’. ‘Paraa gati paraa sangati b...”
“The Vedanta asserts that this basic attitude, this basic instinct to unite, comes from the fact that we have separated from Unity and have now become dual. Therefore, there is a built-in instinct t...”
“Good and evil, famous and notorious, darkness and light, positive and negative, all are within the Supreme Being and yet, in its essential essence, the Supreme Godhead is not affected by the opposi...”
“We are saying that the next stage after aesthetics is spiritual evolution. In aesthetics, you have to put things in order; in spiritual evolution, you have to put your mind in order. In aesthetics,...”
“When they (the images) fall like nine pins and when you no longer have an image of anything, or when you see that all the images are primarily only an aspect of the Supreme Reality, that they (the ...”
“When a spiritual teacher puts his disciples to the test, even the most exalted amongst them can fail. It is very difficult for a disciple to pass the master’s test. Therefore, be prepared to examin...”
“The Supreme Being is the connecting link between all beings, worlds, and galaxies and passes though them all like a thread holding the beads together in a rosary.”
“Have patience in the face of criticism. Even when greatly agitated, try to be patient. Things will take care of themselves. We can never say when the Grace of God comes, so we cannot be impatient. ...”
“If it is difficult for you to do service and purify yourself to the state of attaining the capacity to meditate, simply surrender yourself to me. Then, your mind is automatically controlled to give...”
“When Kabir Das wove, everyone thought he is weaving cloth. Actually, he was weaving the warp and weft of love and devotion.”
“The confluence—the sangam of the Varuna river and the Asi rivers — is known as the holy city of Varanasi. The rivers are symbolic of the ‘ida’ and ‘pingala’ meeting at the ‘brumadhya’ or the ‘ajna ...”
“You must remember, when you go into a cave, you can leave everything behind but you can’t leave your mind. And yes! The problem is indeed the mind, not anything else around you.”