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February 13, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

In Sanskrit, the word for churning-up is ‘manthan’.  It’s only when the mind is churned-up that it can explore fresh horizons; otherwise, it remains a fossilized mind of no use to anyone, including...

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February 12, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Nothing can stop Time from stealing my life.  My teacher would say, ‘When you eat your food, remember that Kaala, time is eating you.’ You can stop your watch but time won’t stop for you. Sri M's Q...

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February 11, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

When the Upanishad says ‘shad’, it means settling down the mind. If I am here and my mind is wandering somewhere else, it’s not the Upanishadic way of sitting. Sri M's Quotes are now available in r...

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February 10, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The source of that bliss is in us.  It cannot be outside.  In the states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep, there seems to be someone who is enjoying it, who is in deep bliss. Who is this? Sri M's...

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February 09, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

When you just keep chanting ‘Who am I’ it’s just a chant and not an inquiry.  An inquiry is to find the witness in us. Perhaps that witness is the source of all that you experience, joy and pain.  ...

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February 08, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

In this humdrum existence, we pause and question due to some painful experiences ‘is this all that life is?’  Maybe there is something more and we should look for it. It’s only then that we start r...

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February 07, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

When you become aware in deep sleep then you understand the essence of life and being.  Those who have experienced this have said that it’s an all-pervading consciousness which by its very nature i...

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February 06, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Naama Smarana is one of the easiest and the best. Along with that you should also follow the most important root discipline which is - less for the self and more others. This is the way to the spir...

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February 05, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

When the limited mind understands its limitations and says this is not the way to find it, it becomes quiet.  It is only then, there is hope that the other will make itself known. Sri M's Quotes ar...

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February 04, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

It is by itself a contradiction for the limited to seek the unlimited. When the limited understands its limitations; that is intelligence. That’s all, it need not be the intellect.  Sri M's Quotes ...

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February 03, 2023 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The sadhak has to be very careful.  Upanishads have described the spiritual path as shurasya dhaara,  walking on the edge of a razor. You can get cut or fall this side or that. It is quite a seriou...