“One who discovers through deep introspection that the Self is unruffled deep down has secured wisdom.”
The Satsang Foundation
Quotes by Sri M
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“A Sthitaprajna is one whose state of mind has become balanced, steady, and unruffled, yet is still active. This is for the person living in this world, not in a cave far from everything.”
“There are different ways to find the Truth. Follow whichever you prefer. The purpose of Kriya is to increase focus and speed.”
“If somebody has no doubts, is innocent, simple-minded and had a movement towards the divine in one’s youth, this is so because they are already prepared. This is the case of someone who has done al...”
“We need jean-clad sanyasins. The paraphernalia should go and the reality should emerge.”
“This life is a battlefield. Various forces, good and bad, are present and always opposing each other. In this battle of life, can we also touch the essence of our being and be spiritual? There’s no...”
“We now need to look at how we can live in this world, which is quite nice. Living in this world, is it possible to be spiritual? If we don’t think of that, then there’s no point being spiritual.”
“The days are gone when people had to go sit in caves far away in the jungle for spiritual understanding and realization.”
“The Yogi believes that the human body and mind are intimately linked, especially the brain, which in yogic texts is called the Sahasrara.”
“Whatever you do, you need to have a daily schedule. If you don’t, success is not possible because our minds have had a free run in various directions for all our lives. We need to retrieve and brin...”
“People may think the Bhagavad Gita is merely philosophical talk. It’s not. It’s the most practical teaching which, apart from conveying the philosophy of life, also teaches one how to act, how to p...”
“The practice of Kriya is to make the mind calm, sensitive, and free of distraction so that the divine is reflected in the ripple-less mirror of the mind, for real and not theoretically.”
“Kriya is a way to bring out the truth by practice – the truth that in the core of everyone’s consciousness, there is a spark of the divine.”
“The aim of Kriya is how to make the mind that’s constantly engaged in the outside world go within and see.”
“What is the need for Kriya? Kriya simply means - a technique, a method. A step-by-step way or method by which one learns to separate the mind from its distractions. Patanjali describes it as ‘Chitt...”