Quotes by Sri M

“When one is full of worldly knowledge and begins to feel that one knows everything, when one worships knowledge just for the sake of it and not for finding the Truth, then one enters into greater d...”

“Ultimately, what we are seeking from understanding the Upanishads is not something that can be known through the conceptual mind at all! When all the defenses are completely gone, then what remains...”

“As long as you have a physical body, there is nobody who knows everything. So we need to learn.  At any time, one should be prepared to learn. ”

“Holistic living is to live with the understanding that the entire universe is pervaded by that blissful Supreme Being and we are a part of that! ”

“In the ultimate sense, when happiness is found inside, one realizes that there is no difference between the inside and the outside! But first one has to start from the inside.”

“If I begin the enquiry by saying ‘I know’ then there is no enquiry.  So one should sit with that humility which comes out of the understanding that learning has no end.  One can learn any time then...”

“The theory of Vedanta is that all bliss and happiness lies within every living being,  and when the senses come in contact with a particular object, a little bit of it is released.  ”

“When all the ‘mala‘ or ‘delusions’ of the mind are cleared, then what remains is the true essence which is complete happiness, the Truth, known as the Brahman.  ”

“We keep working all our lives just trying to grasp ‘happiness’ which always eludes us. Permanent happiness is only an idea  because we know only this ‘little happiness’ that comes to us in intervals.”

“Our true self, true identity - or what the Upanishads call the ‘Atman’ is ‘That Consciousness’ because of which we are conscious- and to reach that identity of ours by quieting the mind, is the mai...”

“If you want to be free of ignorance, you need knowledge. But once you are free, you have to throw both away. Don’t stick the thorn of knowledge into your foot and think ‘I know everything’.”

“A heart with no love, affection, devotion, and bhav is equal to a smashan: cremation ground. There is nothing there; it’s all burnt, finished.  There is no life out there.”

“Devotion, bhakti, is in the heart.”

“Words can only convey things up to a certain point; words are prose, not poetry. Poetry is that which is in between the words.”

“Imitating a practitioner of kindness is always better than imitating a fellow who is cruel. Practice kindness to all living beings, as much as possible.”