Quotes by Sri M

“According to the Tantras, Shiva, the Supreme Being resides on the Sahasrara Chakra, with his legs extended downward, touching the bhrumadhya, the center between the eyebrows. The point at which the...”

“Swadharma means the dharma that takes you towards spiritual development and at whatever station in life you are at, do the best thing you can in that station of life to your capacity. You cannot al...”

“That which cannot be caught by anything is caught by a sound and that sound is Om, the Pranava. And fortunately for us, all of us can chant it. From the external Om, one goes to the internal Om.”

“The mind does not like to be quiet and calm ever or be in a vacuum. There is no way to suddenly tell the mind to not be engaged. You cannot do it. So engage it in something interior so that it does...”

“The goal is peace of mind, tranquility - finding your True Self within which is connected with the Supreme Being. The way to this is turning your mind within and meditating on the inner, Sadhana is...”

“Smarana means continuously remembering the Name. Not chanting only, but remembering. Japa is chanting. Smarana is remembering. Naamsmarana is remembering a particularly short name or a mantra by wh...”

“Sadhana means spiritual practice. To become a Yogi, you don't have to change your clothes or your hairstyle. You don't have to wear Rudrakshas. None of these things are required for the practice of...”

“A sadhak who turns within to find the truth, which is his own Self, need not neglect the world or run away from it. This search for happiness, or for one’s identity or consciousness, is not reserve...”

“The Upanishads say that purna - fulfilment, fullness, and completeness - is the essential characteristic of one’s true being, which is one’s own consciousness, free of all distractions, and is call...”

“When you begin to help others wholeheartedly, without looking for profit or loss, then you are no longer thinking only of yourself, you are moving out of your selfishness and your mind is expanding...”

“It’s only when the inner being becomes full of joy that the world becomes full of joy. ”

“The philosophy of yoga says that the ordinary mind, which is always caught up in tensions, ups and downs, success and failure, cannot find the Truth. The mind has to settle down, and yoga is the to...”

“For understanding of the Supreme Brahman, you are required to change your mind, and make it ready for it. The ordinary mind cannot understand this concept, because it is beyond the understanding of...”

“The Upanishad declares that one who is most intelligent, very soon discovers the limitations of his intellect. Because, what the Upanishad is talking about, is something which is beyond even the un...”

“If Truth is infinite, if those who have touched it have said it is infinite, there must be infinite ways of finding it. Therefore, in all the 18 chapters of the Gita, different ways have been presc...”