“To find out what is true, the mind must be free. Free of rituals, of beliefs, of dogmas, knowledge, and experience. It is only then that the mind can realize that which is true because such a mind ...”
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Quotes by Sri M
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“A very major function of a true spiritual teacher is to act as a well-polished mirror so we see where the mistakes are, and where we miss seeing certain important factors.”
“Freedom has so many concepts. If you really want to enjoy freedom, you should first figure out that you are bound. Many people are bound but think they are free. To understand the bondage, the chai...”
“Detachment is a natural process and it happens when you get attached to something higher. Then attachment to smaller things falls off.”
“If the Supreme Being is all-pervading Brahman and is also in our hearts as a spark, why do you worship? In the 12th chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna that while you can conceive of th...”
“The key to clear thinking and problem solving is an alert and relaxed mind. Concentration is not tension. On the contrary, it is possible only when the mind is relaxed and attentive.”
“If the mind or the flute is emptied of all dross, all pretensions, prejudices, greed, anger, everything out! You have to offer it clean, only then, Krishna takes the flute and plays.”
“When the mind and the senses have ceased to function externally, in that tranquility and absolute stillness, you find what is actually there.”
“When a spiritual teacher says something, it’s not the words that are important, but the effect it has on you. ”
“Pranayama plays a major role to keep the body supplied with the right quantity of oxygen, and at the same time calming the mind and helping it turn inward into tranquil meditation status.”
“This Self which is the basic consciousness behind every individual, has, according to Vedanta, no differentiations such as this and that or you and me. ”
“One of the most important changes that take place in one’s spiritual evolution, is kindness and compassion that fill the heart. Unless and Until the heart becomes kind, one doesn’t become perfect i...”
“All great things have been achieved by asking and questioning, not otherwise!”
“Absorb yourself in devotional music and let it carry you to higher states of consciousness. Once you taste the wine of devotion, you’ll never want to touch lesser intoxicants.”
“Go on meditating deeper and deeper until the mind is stripped bare and you find your own dear ‘Self’, the radiant, unpolluted, indestructible, pure consciousness, the unalloyed bliss.”