Quotes by Sri M

“We think that we are advancing, improving, when there is plenty, goodness and when there is happiness. It's pain and sorrow that makes us move forward. When that comes, don't try to run and say, take it off! It will be taken off if you say, take it off. But one would not have learned the lesson, why it is there, why has it come.”

“The wise look for the good and don't care for the pleasant. Fools look for the pleasant and forget the good. They fall for the pleasant and forget what is good, because the good may not always be pleasant. Choose the good in preference to the pleasant.”

“No sacrifice is a sacrifice if you are not giving what is closest to you, with a full heart. That's not a sacrifice.”

“If you need to understand the essence of the teachings of this country, which is also universal, Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu, you have to go to the Upanishads.”

“Don’t unnecessarily complicate life with too many things. Speak the truth; More than speaking the truth, think the truth. That does not mean that when you speak the truth you have to be blunt. There are sweet ways of speaking the truth. You need not be brusque and then suffer because of that.”

“According to Vedanta that feeling of being dependent on what is around you, the feeling that you are bound and that you have to get out of it, is part of the great illusion of the mind called the Maya.”

“What is that one attains in the grihastha period which is different from the brahmacharya period? Once you are married you have one more person in your life; you cannot take independent and exclusive decisions. You learn to control your emotions, control your anger and to look at the other person’s point of view”

“Freedom is our birthright. Our true self, the atman is free; it does not need to be freed from anything. It is free because it is complete, ‘purna’. ‘Purnamadah’ - That completeness is actually ‘you’ in your true essence.”

“Remove all the conditions that are there and remain in that One essential state. This is the aim of the Vedantic teaching. One discovers that one is not this body nor the mind but the inner self, the atman which is free of all unhappiness and which by essential nature is Sat Chit Ananda, or true happiness.”

“When you enter the meditation hall, leave your shoes outside along with your ego; don’t bring it in. Go inside like a new-born child who is free, you have no enemies, you don’t hate anybody, at least for the time being. This is easier said than done but it’s the easiest way to bring about a completely tranquil and deep meditative mind.”

“Once all illusions are burnt to ashes, one arrives at supreme satisfaction, unlimited bliss and happiness. Therefore one has no other desire left. This happens when the Kundalini reaches the ajna chakra, which is the last but one step towards Moksha.”

“Mantra is a technique and not the goal. When you feel you have entered a deep state and chanting the mantra also takes effort, Stop! But watch out, the mind is very tricky, it may be laziness which may be preventing you from chanting. So, examine carefully.”

“Shivam cannot be touched without the activation of the Shakti. Without the havan kund, no homa can be done.”

“Moving up and down the spine is Mukhya Prana, the Supreme energy. In yogic terms, it is the movement of the aspiration, thought, concentration and energy towards either the higher side or the lower side. When it goes down it leads to material wellbeing. When it goes up, it leads to Spiritual wellbeing.”

“A spiritual teacher sometimes provides opportunities and situations, either deliberately or as they happen. He does not encourage people to run away from situations but to pause and remain. It is only when faced with a particular set of circumstances, one begins to realise for oneself where one stands.”