Manthan - Churning of the Mind
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 becomes a fossilized mind that is of no use to anyone, inc...
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Shakti worship during Navratri
Shakti, means energy but when we refer to it in the Tantra, we mean the Parashakti or the primeval, original Shakti. It is the source of all other pranas that function in the system and therefore a...
Sri M’s message of Hope on Guru Purnima 2022
Guru and Purnima are two words. Purnima is Full moon, in all its glory. So, therefore, all purnimas with all the great teachers, Vyasa Purnima, Buddha Purnima, everything are celebrated when the mo...
Face the Reality and See where you stand
The function of a spiritual teacher as has been taught by my Master is not to distribute lollipops —everybody sucks on the lollipops and sits happily thinking this is the world. It is to face the r...
Watch carefully the direction of the Heart
When one's mind is caught in desires, the direction that comes out of the heart is not reliable because it could be just to fulfill our desires. It is very difficult to distinguish whether it is co...
Household Duties on the Spiritual Journey
Duties are very important but our sense of duty or our concept of duty has been made so that a person lives his life depending on others and looks after those who are dependent on him. It is as far...
Consecration of Shiva Linga | Madanapalle | 2013
I always felt a need that when people come here to Madanapalle, they need some place to offer some flowers and do pooja and we didn’t have anything. There is a meditation hall but sitting in medita...
Practical steps for Peace & Interfaith Harmony
Excerpt from the Talk at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the United Nations, August 28, 2000. Mere social reforms however, cannot do much as we have seen in ...
The secret of implementing a resolution
It’s time to take a step forward once more, for the New Year is at hand.One can move from ‘the past’ to ‘the present’ and turn over a new leaf in one’s life. Change completely if required and have ...
Finding Happiness in the Battlefield of Life – The Bhagavad Gita Way
Srimad Bhagavad Gita is a beautiful book. It means Song of the Lord. Bhagavad Gita says that wherever there is a manifestation of goodness, energy, power, position, status, and knowledge — es...
What Yoga Can Do
Does Yoga really accelerate our perception or help us perceive this reality as it is? I am talking about Yoga in the ultimate sense of the term, not simply asanas. I practice asanas daily. It is go...
Keep your Slate Clean
In matters of inner exploration, the most important thing is to keep your slate clean. If you have a slate, and you write on it and if you want to write anything else, you have to rub it off. Oth...