Sri M’s Words

There are a number of Yoga text books. Yoga teachings which have come from the Nath sampradhaya the most popular one, which of course is much later than the Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali is the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.

The Ramayana was composed by sage Valmiki. So, I will tell you this story in a nutshell. May Sri Rama protect us.

I think, in the present millennium, in the present time that we are passing through, the teachings of text books like the Soundarya Lahari, purported to be written by Adi Shankaracharya, are very important because we need to balance the heart and the head to move forward.

We are saying from the research done by the ancient sages they have come to this understanding that consciousness is all pervading; consciousness is purna – complete.

Since it is Janmashtami time, I’m going to tell you a story on Krishna and the path of devotion. There was a little boy whose mother was very poor and didn’t know who the father was. So, the mother wanted to send him to a paathshala.

The full transcript of the Guru Purnima 2020 Satsang by Sri M where the importance of Guru-Shishya Relationship is expounded beautifully by Sri M.

Patanjali wrote the earliest codified versions, edited the understanding of what Yoga is, and defined it as yogas chitta vritti nirodha.

The spiritual journey is where one must tread with immense patience. It is a journey where we need to be brave to walk.

The Guru whom you respect is only a physical manifestation of the principle of all Gurus – the Supreme Param Brahman itself.

When I meet people, I say to myself, there is in me a spark of the Divine, it has to be in this person also, let me see that, I won’t look at anything else in him.

I live in the modern world, and I am mystically inclined, so I think you could put the two together.

Swami Vivekananda’s life and times unfolded before the audience as spiritual guru Sri M spoke of the activist-seer of the 19th century

Times of India reports on Sri M’s recently concluded 2-day discourse on the Bhagavad Gita, in Chennai.