Quotations

According to the Vedantic teaching or according to what Ramana Maharishi said (who, I think, was one of the latest teachers of ‘Vedanta’..)

So, it is in itself a contradiction for the limited to seek the unlimited. For the limited to understand its limitations, intelligence is required.

If what we think and how we act can go together, then meditation begins. To not bring about this dichotomy in one’s life, one has to be eternally watchful.

‘Viveka’ means ‘intelligence’; the reasoning and effort to understand what is permanent and what is not.

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

A spiritual teacher need not necessarily be someone who lives in the Himalayas for hundreds of years. He may be living in your outhouse,

Can the Truth be found through the mind ? Vedanta says, “Well! All that the mind can do is conceive of it or try to conceive it.

Satsang is very important; you become according to the company you keep. If you live with people who talk of the Truth, who do japa, kirtan and bhajan,

Here was a prime example of a manifestation of the Supreme Being, in the form of a poor ‘Fakir’. For all intents and purposes,

If you read from any of the Upanishads and commentaries by Shankara and others, you find that while the intellect is a very powerful

Don’t we look at ourselves and see how we are always occupied with ourselves? Spend some time to look at others,

We discussed the meaning of the word Upanishad. It is that which is learnt sitting close to the teacher with complete humility

It is only when you come to a situation where you are face to face with sorrow that you stop and look at that which is beyond.

A coiled snake has been the symbol of Kundalini for hundreds of years. It is so because it is also the symbol of wisdom.

All things spiritual boil down to your relationships in day-to-day life. Otherwise, we can just sit at home and meditate for hours