Quotes by Sri M

“In India, the wandering teacher is called a Parivrajaka - one who continuously walks in search of the truth. Once the truth is found, the teacher must take it door-to-door.”

“You cannot have a healthy body without a healthy mind. One of the prerequisites of a healthy body is to eat less, and do good exercise.”

“Nobody can give us illumination; we have to find it ourselves. Just as one who is hungry has to find food for oneself.”

“Ultimately, you are your own Master. There is no other. A teacher can help you understand this point.  If you do, then you are free. My job is to tell you that your teacher is in you.”

“Surrender means to understand that I am helpless at a certain point and, therefore, I need to relax, let go, be patient and wait. In that waiting, something arrives. The breeze may be from within.”

“These layers of prejudice close the eyes, ears, and heart. When the wind blows, nothing can enter. So, all the practices we do are meant to open the windows.”

“Only when the mind has ceased all finding, grasping, and then settled down in that silence, something happens.”

“The Upanishads say that the Truth is something which is far and yet so near; it moves but it’s faster than any movement, it’s that which is, and not that which was. Every minute, it is new.”

“Can there be knowledge of that which ‘Is’? When we try to understand this with our conditioned brain, we gain the insight that all things one gathers in one’s head are a memory. And if it is a memo...”

“If we are looking for something infinite that cannot be captured in words and cannot be defined, then we are starting from ‘I don’t know’.”

“If we start our spiritual journey saying ’I know’, then one doesn’t get to know anything.”

“We can’t live on our past heritage alone; we must look at the now. The entire spiritual movement, scientific progress, is based on the understanding that ‘I don’t know’.”

“If I say I know everything, then there is no movement, research, or inquiry. It is what we don’t know that inspires us to seek and move forward.”

“‘Ja ghat prem na sanchare, so ghat jaan masan (smashaan). Jaise khal Lohar ki Saans let bin praan’. The iron monger’s bellows also breathe, but if there’s no love in one’s heart, there’s no point.”

“Kabir Das narrates the story of the Kasturi Mriga(Musk Deer), an apt illustration of the human predicament. The poor deer wanders all over, trying to locate the source of the fragrance emanating fr...”