Quotes by Sri M

“When you serve a less fortunate person – either materially or spiritually – you are not doing him or her a favour. In fact, the person who receives your help does you a favour by accepting what you...”

“How long can you desire something after another? You have a house; you have a steady income, good enough. There is no limit to desires. It will go on expanding; there is nothing you can do about it...”

“Inherent oneness of humanity can be understood only through internal examination when we look into our minds. Each of us has to change. The individual has to change. When the individual changes, th...”

“Sorrows and shortcomings, the cares of this world, do exist certainly but who doesn't have them? Now you – the traveller on the path – should know that they are lessons for you and that, after each...”

“For hours – day in and day out – if we tell lies, how can we search for the Supreme Truth? We have to start with what we are doing now; we cannot jump from here to there. We cannot always speak the...”

“It is more precious than anything your mind can conceive of. How fortunate that this priceless pearl is not far away in some inaccessible part of the world or hidden in the dark bowels of the earth...”

“When you run away from the world, the world follows you. When you are hankering for it, it beats you. So, when you are free of it, you’ll see that everybody wants to give you something, everything ...”

“Anger, desire, they are all linked together. The first characteristic of a person who has attained the spiritual Truth is his heart and his mind has become calm, quiet and content. Anger is such a ...”

“There is nothing on this earth that we can know except through imitation. So, first, practice kindness. Even if it’s an imitation, it doesn’t matter. Imitating a practitioner of kindness is always ...”

“In the Manu Dharma Sutras, there is a beautiful description of how the householder should live. It says the householder – after he has finished his morning activities – should meditate on God and t...”

“A person who is following the path of spirituality does what he has to do fearlessly, without being concerned about what others will say. There’s nothing hidden, it is as open and clear as the sun....”

“What you want to do as you are, without fear of what the public is going to say, is fearlessness. Fearlessness is not going and foolishly facing a bomb. It is not fearlessness; rather it is stupidi...”

“Our big ego is exemplified in how we think the whole world is revolving around us when we are actually so insignificant and so small. This is one part. The other part is why do we feel that the who...”

“Through Babaji’s blessings, I understood that – the all-pervading Supreme Reality, you may call him God, Allah, Khuda, Wahe Guru, whatever you want – there is a small particle or 'amsha' of that Su...”

“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...”