“It is possible for someone to lead a life like a normal human being in a material world and, at the same time, keep the spiritual aspirations intact and work in such as a way as to attain spiritual...”
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Quotes by Sri M
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“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.”
“In ancient India, the young aspirant, the neophyte known as the ‘Brahmachari’ went to the Rishis, seeking neither wealth, nor health, nor position but pure and unconditioned freedom. This pure, unc...”
“From my personal experience, I would say that the Truth is in the present, an ever-living experience, and not anything that can be gathered and stored in memory, because memory is a thing of the pa...”
“Serving a human being is the greatest form of worship. It also purifies your mind and prepares you for the spiritual journey.”
“We think, that with our rational brain, we can solve everything! This is one of the problems faced by man when he reads the scriptures. He feels, that with his intellect, he can explain everything....”
“The whole science of meditation is a way to go beyond or to go deeper into the mind, explore the deeper recesses to come up with greater abilities and understanding so much so that the mind realize...”
“What it is that we would attain in the ‘Grahastha’ phase that is different from the ‘Brahmacharya’ phase? Once you are married, you cannot take independent exclusive decisions because you have one ...”
“In this material world, earning one’s living and going through all the travails of worldly existence is a very necessary step to learning about spiritual consciousness and evolving to higher levels...”
“At places like Badrinath and Kedarnath, it is not a very good idea to talk; it is the apt time to be spent in meditation and japa. The best Satsang is to do meditation and japa, visit temples or go...”
“In fact, the very teaching of Buddha was freedom from sorrow for all mankind. Without having sorrow, how do you get free of it? One can’t even think of being free from sorrow if they don’t know wha...”
“In the Rig Veda, it says ‘Sa Esa Vaisvaanaro Visvarupah’. This is HE, the ‘Vaisvanaara’ fire, assuming every form. HE is the life and fire who arises every day. Now ‘Vaisvanaara’ is supposed to be ...”
“The real ‘Soma’ is that which the yogi feels when his consciousness ascends to the highest center in the human body. The ‘Soma’ intoxicates you so much that you don’t need to go to a bar ever! Shiv...”
“The most important point stressed is the first qualification ‘Sarva bhuta hite rataaha’ meaning ‘one who has the welfare of all beings in his heart’. This is the beginning of ‘sadhana’. If you have...”
“Every human being goes through travails, pain and sadness in life. There is no one who will escape from this. The happiest person, at some point of his life, may have passed through difficult times...”