Quotes by Sri M

“‘Tena tyaktena bhunjitha’ meaning ‘let go and rejoice!’ isn’t about you having to sell everything and go away. This is not the meaning; let go means you let go of the past and look into the present.”

“No amount of bhajans or kirtans is of any use unless the heart changes. And what’s meant is that the heart begins to look outside oneself, even for half a second.”

“A teacher should be a polished mirror, so that you see your actual reflection, not a distorted image. If you see your real picture, only then can you change. You think you are all right. I am sayin...”

“The only true ‘Apara-vidya’, which leads to ‘Vijnana’, is the non-verbal, transcendental experience of the Supreme Truth. It takes place when the mind becomes absolutely still, having discovered th...”

“Actually, 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 tem...”

“Intelligence has to realize that from now on its function is over, that something else has taken over. The instrument of perception that takes over is known as intuition or ‘Jnana Drishti’. You wil...”

“Any pleasures of the senses will always have some pain attached to it. The greatest pain is to lose the pleasure that you are enjoying.”

“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 Soundarya Lahiri, the Lalita Sahasranama and other tantric texts contain certain ‘bijaksharas’ or seed-sounds. They actually have no meaning by themselves but are vibrations to awaken the Kunda...”

“It is possible to live in this world and still reach spiritual fulfillment, all at the same time, provided we know what rules to follow, what regulations to adhere to, and what traffic signals to w...”

“Self-realization, also known as ‘Kaivalya’ or ‘Moksha’, does not mean freedom from something. It’s about realizing that one is always free but has been labouring under the illusion that one is not....”

“In ‘Bhagwad Gita’ you can know everything - how to work, how to meditate, how to have devotion, how to lead your day-to-day life, everything’s there!”

“When the so-called ‘limited’ being recognizes and realises his inner essence, he begins to know and understand that he is not different from the Absolute Essence.”

“‘Mula’ which means ‘root’; ‘Adhara’ means ‘foundation’, support’. So, if you translate the word, it would mean ‘root support’ or ‘root foundation’. This means that the Energy, after doing all its w...”

“‘Let go’ does not mean you should throw everything away and go to the forest. It means, develop the quality of ‘letting go’. Then, there is absolute peace, rejoice!”