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Look carefully and observantly at the outside world—the physical world, the substance as we know it—setting aside all other preconceived ideas we have about it. Look at what we think is substance, ...

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We think, that with our rational brain, we can solve everything! This is one of the problems faced by man when he reads the scriptures. He feels, that with his intellect, he can explain everything....

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Suppose, you have examined and found that there are a lot of things to be improved in yourself. The first step is to try moving in the positive direction; the other step is to do your ‘Sadhana’ ser...

Videos | Q & A with Sri M | On Worship

Sri M briefly explains 'Worship', in the context of 'Stillness'. "Normally, what we mean by worship is 'I regard somebody as someone special, and I worship that person.' Why do I worship that perso...

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One thing to remember is that the Gita is the first—the most ancient of the scriptures to have examined the question of how to approach the truth. This is the first scripture to declare that there ...

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‘Dharana, dhyana, samadhi’—these are interlinked. Normally, when we say meditation we mean all the three. ‘Dharana’ means the capacity, technique or the practice by which one fixes one’s attention ...

Meditation # 3 | The Pursuit of Happiness – Part II - by Sri M

When it comes to happiness, the natural question would be: If it can’t be found outside oneself, can it be found within oneself? Is there some intrinsic happiness within us that can be tapped? Is t...

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There is nothing to fear, and to live with this understanding is called holistic living. Holistic living is to live with the understanding the blissful Supreme Being pervades the entire universe an...

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There’s another faculty that opens, the one that can help to understand things and that’s called the opening of the ‘Heart’. It is not the anatomical heart we are talking about. It is the opening o...

Videos | Q & A with Sri M | On Stillness

"Does being in stillness mean being blissful?" asks Sri M as he tries to broadly explain the difference. "When you say bliss, you have to be very careful", he says, "as normally what we call bliss,...

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How many people search for the Truth? Very few. Actually, in the Bhagvad Gita, there is a beautiful statement. Krishna says, “Among millions of people, one turns to the spiritual path. Among millio...

Manav Ekta | Importance of Compassion – by Sri M

Religions may differ in their intrinsic philosophy but all religions profess the same message – a human being should become compassionate, kind and loving.  The prayer of a Muslim mentions two word...