Sri M said...
If someone walks with an open mind, without any vested interest, all doors will open if people are convinced about this. This is my belief.
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As stated by great beings like Sree Narayana Guru, whatever maybe one’s caste or religion, one needs to just focus on improving oneself. As a result, we can all live together harmoniously, despite ...
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The word Buddha means ‘one who is enlightened’. Buddha is one whose buddhi has become enlightened - one who is no longer limited by the limiting mind. As the Buddhists call it, he is one who has fo...
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Fear, in Sufi vocabulary, is the activation of conscience, whose exercises can produce extra sensory perception. This is an area in which the formal intellect is not used and other faculties of the...
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Nasiruddin’s salt-laden donkey’s load is lightened as he wades through a stream but when the panniers are laden with wool, the animal is almost drowned because the wool soaks up water. “There”, say...
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"A celestial apple would be perfect, but as far as you are able to judge it! Situated as we are in this abode of corruption and, with our present faculties, this is as near to a heavenly apple, as ...
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A neighbour came to borrow Mullah Nasiruddin's clothesline. Mullah said: ''I am sorry, I can't give it to you because I am drying flour on it.” ''How can you dry flour on a line?'' asked the neighb...
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People have this feeling that, if you have to be enlightened, it has to be exotic. Something has to be different. It cannot be the same. It must be something extraordinary. Then only enlightenment ...
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The neighbour was watching Mullah Nasiruddin down on his knees. The neighbour asked, ''What have you lost Mullah?’’ ''My key'', said Nasiruddin. After a few minutes of searching, the neighbour said...
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False perceptions can be easily read by someone who has seen originals. It doesn't mean he speaks about it. People do not know where to look when they are seeking enlightenment. As a result, it is ...
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One day, Ramana Maharishi, discovered who he was with a stroke of inspiration. How does one discover that by simply sitting and saying, ''Who am I? Who am I?’' How is that possible? You could as we...
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Many 'schools' continue to operate long after their actual dynamics is exhausted. They become mere centres of repeating a progressively weakened doctrine. The name of the teaching may remain the sa...