August 2017 - The Satsang Foundation

Sri M said…

One who’s on the spiritual journey should not cry over what he loses.

One of the greatest obstacles to Truth is sloth. Swami Vivekananda realized this and implemented its removal in his own life.

Speaking of his Guru he says, “Babaji often remarked that I had roller-skates under my feet”.

Look at a river, it furrows through the sand, on both sides there are banks. It builds its own banks.

As you read the Upanishads, you will find in many places, that the seeker of the truth is addressed ‘Satya Kama’

The experience of happiness is innate, not in the object that I enjoy.

“Sat-chit-ananda” is a three-syllable word— ‘Sat’, ‘Chitta’ and ‘Ananda’. ‘Sat’ meaning reality,

Sri M gives a brief but fascinating satsang on the Upanishads, with thought provoking questions answered at the end.

The ‘One’ who is behind all thought and action is witness to everything — the unaffected witness to all that takes place.

You cannot conceive of a mind without thought; so the mind in totality is actually

The Vedanta asserts that this basic attitude, this basic instinct to unite,

Words are very powerful! If somebody doesn’t know the language, they won’t understand a word,

The only way to study

This (examination to know thyself) is possible only in the midst of society. You cannot really study your mind

One has to carefully and vigilantly watch one’s self as one actually is, before proceeding to explore