Sri M’s Words

In India, when others were working on improving themselves technologically, economically, scientifically, there was a group of people in this country who were more into investigating into the mind and the inner workings of the human psyche.

I would like to tell you a little story that actually is from the ancient Jain system of thought. It was adapted and adopted by a great Sufi who made it very popular, whose name was Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, who started the order of the whirling dervishes. And then Ramakrishna Paramahamsa loved the story and so on.

From my point of view, you pray as you like. What I would say is just go there and start by saying that you who are sitting here, who are represented here, are no different from the supreme being.

Sri M narrates the story of Nachiketas, a young boy, discussing the important question of Death and immortality with Yama, the Lord of Death.

Krishna has also talked about surrender, but in the actual field of action, in the Kurukshetra war, he is asking Arjuna not to surrender his weapons but to take them up and fight because he is doing a rightful battle to protect dharma; therefore but he says surrender unto me.

It’s time to take a step forward once more, for the New Year is at hand.
One can move from ‘the past’ to ‘the present’ and turn over a new leaf in one’s life. Change completely if required and have a new life altogether!

There are people who may have not done any sadhana that you know of, in this life. But to whom compassion comes naturally.

All the leelas mentioned in Srimad Bhagavtam, that were performed should not be misunderstood. People generally don’t read the Bhagwat from Chapter 1. They immediately go to Canto 10 and read only about the Ras leela.