Sri M said..
You know that the ultimate aim of spiritual fulfillment is to find the Truth – Satya. In fact, there are people whose only desire is to find the Truth. There may not be many, but there are. Such pe...
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Sri M said...
The basic fact is that the mind has various levels of impurities, various levels of agitations, various levels of indiscrimination. Now, as long as these last, they are like curtains, which very su...
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‘Gita’ is not only an Upanishad that deals with the metaphysical aspect of reality but is also a practical textbook on how to reach Reality. It enumerates and enunciates different ways by which the...
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Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita sums up Sanyasa Yoga as not the giving up of action but performing the action and purifying of the mind – until one reaches one’s true Self, the all-pervading blissful ...
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There are many reasons why Shivaratri is celebrated and night vigils are kept. Since Shiva is considered to be the Maha Yogi and since yogis - according to the description of Krishna in the Bhagava...
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Anger and desire are the two biggest obstacles to attaining contentment, balance, and tranquility of mind. But the Rishis – who have cast aside desire and anger and whose thoughts are controlled by...
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When you encounter something that is extremely painful and unpleasant, don’t shudder. Even that is bound to pass. To be replaced by what is pleasant. Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, it does n...
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One should not rejoice on attaining what is pleasant. In the course of one’s life, one may attain many pleasant things. When one attains what is pleasant, one should not suddenly become exhilarated...
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Each one of us is a lovely stream flowing into the great ocean of love and compassion, of goodness and energy, the Supreme Reality, which is God. Different we may be, but we emanate from the same s...
Sri M said...
Each one of us is a lovely stream flowing into the great ocean of love and compassion, of goodness and energy, the Supreme Reality, which is God. Different we may be, but we emanate from the same s...
Sri M said..
There are two ways of doing it (keeping the slate clean). One is by realizing that it is important to have your slate clean. It means don’t carry your anger, hatred, stupidity and poisonous feeling...
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Say, you have a slate and you write on it completely. If you want to write anything more, you have to rub it all off. Otherwise, if you overwrite, you can neither read it nor is there space to do a...