Quotes by Sri M

“Without knowing where you are going, if you start a spiritual practice, it is likely that you might run into trouble. You are largely walking on uncharted territory. So it is necessary to know what...”

“The world is an illusion and the supreme reality is only Brahman. You can say that but you cannot realize that. You need a mind which is clear of all impurities and distractions. ”

“Kaivalya comes from the root word Kevalam, which means only one. In Kaivalya, the yogi realizes that there is only one Purusha, spiritual being, (nothing to do with gender). What appears as distinc...”

“The practical meaning of Self-Realization is to know your own self as you are, not project that I am a spark of the Supreme Being. We don't really know. So first you have to study yourself.”

“A beautiful statement in Kenopanishad, yanmanasā na manute yenāhurmano matam |tadeva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yadidamupāsate ||  That means that which even the mind cannot understand. So through kn...”

“Richness need not mean the bank balance. Richness is to do with the mind. How rich it is.”

“Music is a link from the world of language and its contradictions, to the world of unity of the heart where you don't require any discrimination in any language. So the root of this knowledge, this...”

“It's only when something difficult happens and when some sorrow strikes that the mind begins to think about higher things. Otherwise, you are always hunky-dory. Nobody thinks. ”

“Universal love is beyond the mind and the brain. When we are so overwhelmed that the mind refuses to work, then you are absorbed in that. This can happen through being so selfless that the self doe...”

“All the rational framework that we set up is based on the inputs or the data collected through our five senses. Nobody has more than that. These instruments of perception, the panchendriyas are ver...”

“The most intelligent person very soon discovers the limitations of the intellect. The average intelligent man does not discover it. He is very proud of his intelligence. But a person who is truly i...”

“These are only two ways by which Bhakti, devotion can happen. It happens spontaneously. You get this overwhelming feeling that the joy is in the Lord and in nothing else or when you are in contact ...”

“Where one is totally absorbed in That and one knows that any amount of intellectual understanding is not going to help,  heart to heart connection is required. This what you call Bhakti and it cann...”

“If we can even start practicing letting go in daily life, and not simply sit down every day and say Aham Brahmasmi, Tattvam Asi, you are actually moving towards the Truth of Vedanta.”

“The mind's character is of sticking to the past and not letting go of it. So it practically prevents the present from coming in. And what is the present? The Truth. ”