Quotes by Sri M

“Everybody is swimming along the stream. The moment you start a spiritual practice, the moment you turn in another direction, swim against the stream, it becomes a tussle. There is no way out except...”

“While I advocate that you try to remain with a happy attitude of mind, don't neglect the fact that this cannot be sustained until we find the inner happiness which is in us. When that is found, the...”

“We all want to be happy in some way. The only permanent ananda available to us is that which is real is within, as opposed to that which is here today and gone tomorrow. ”

“What is the way to convert tamoguna into sattva? Action. Do some work, so that the tamas is converted into rajas and, when rajas (action) is oriented towards the good of others, then it takes you i...”

“Everybody has a little bit of tamas, rajas, and sattva, the proportion being different in each person. The main problem is when, especially those on the spiritual path, begin to mistake tamas for s...”

“It's not easy to sit down and meditate when your mind is full of crude, selfish, and self-centred emotions. One way to break that is to help the unfortunate. ”

“You cannot meditate or be spiritual all twenty-four hours. So, what do you do with the rest of the time? You need to initiate some action which is good for others because then you shed the dross of...”

“Nature has this very peculiar habit: when you run behind something, it runs away from you. When you say — I’m okay, if it comes, then it comes.  ”

“When is it divine will? There are some good things which divine will can make happen, but since we are not attuned to it, we consider it as — what is this stuff, why is God troubling me so much! It...”

“All things that have come out of the void, go back into the void.  ”

“When the Kurukshketra battle takes place within, you have to face it, you cannot run.  While doing it, watch yourself carefully and see what is your motive. Why am I doing this and in that process ...”

“Jyotisham is a Vedanga. It  means astronomy, science of the stars, Jyot - of the lighted objects. Astrology is a small part of Jyotisha.  ”

“The spiritual journey is not a search for power. It’s a search for peace, happiness and quietude. Because you are spiritually on a higher level, you may have some power, that is different. But if y...”

“If one learns to live within oneself, without being dependent on any external factor then one is free. ”

“The whole principle of life is - something coming in and something going out. Nobody can stop it, and no amount of anything can help to get out. So to accept it and be, this is the sign of going de...”