Quotes by Sri M

“We all know we are the body.  Slowly, we start thinking and we begin to realise that I cannot be the body because the body belongs to me and what belongs to me cannot be me. This is not me. Then wh...”

“The sadhak has to be very careful. The Upanishads have described the spiritual path as shurasya dhaara, it is like walking on the ‘edge of a razor’.  It is dangerous and difficult.  Walking on the ...”

“A spiritual teacher need not necessarily be someone who lives in the Himalayas for hundreds of years. He may be living in your back house!. There are hundreds of people living in the Himalayas. Are...”

“Kumbha is a pot and Purna Kumbha means full pot. Kumbha is actually a description of what we call in yoga as Kumbhak meaning when your belly is filled with air. From our point of view Purna Kumbha ...”

“Recognize divinity in all living beings, especially in human beings. And therefore, forgive their shortcomings. That's the best way to live.”

“The ultimate cannot be measured and from my understanding consciousness is the original feature of this entire web that has been built around pure consciousness for its own reason. We do not know w...”

“In the Dream state, when you understand it for what it actually is, that it's an entire illusion built up from the beginning of creation and the origin is you, not what has originated then you rece...”

“Knowing begins with not knowing. If you know already, then you cannot learn. Everybody is quick to say, I know. The fact is, when you say you know, then you are not learning anymore. Your mind has ...”

“If you choose the spiritual path you should understand that it is not an easy path and therefore you need to put all your attention on it. If you take it as a hobby, it won't work. Therefore make i...”

“Gita is not something to be read as a theoretical text. While you need to do that, it basically should be looked at as a sadhana, a practice by which you free yourself.”

“The happiness that you seek is inside each one of us. If we can focus on that, then we have found the way to Mukti, freedom. Is it easy? It is not difficult. Is it difficult? No, it is easy. Why? B...”

“If we figure out that freedom, Mukti that we seek is nowhere to be searched but deep within us, when this is found, then we are free.”

“Sit quietly and look within. Thoughts of course will come and go. Don't bother. Sit. Any thought that comes, cut it with your own thought. ”

“The Bhagavad Gita comes from the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. It expresses the truths of the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutra in practical, simple, direct terms for us to understand. This is th...”

“For the mind to attain peace, you don't have to go anywhere. Short periods of solitude are very good. Then when you come back you carry a little bit of peace back to your work and gradually you bec...”