Quotes by Sri M

“If you really feel happy by doing good to others, by recognizing the divine spark in others, then you are already an advanced soul who needs very little of any other kind of meditation. But, if you...”

“The true ‘Sadhak’ not only meditates in the way his Guru has taught him to, depending on his needs. He also begins to function in the world with the understanding – although weak in the beginning –...”

“Meditation, the search for happiness, is successful and most effective only when the mind begins to change. That is essentially Sadhana and meditation, not merely the mechanical practice of sitting...”

“All Sadhana is not mere meditation. Sadhana has to be complimented by one’s activity in the outside world – how one deals with other human beings and so on. That’s also an essential part of Sadhana...”

“If you are fulfilled, if you are happy within yourself, if you are independent of anything external and still exude happiness, then you don’t have to do Sadhana. There is no necessity for doing Sad...”

“One has to start somewhere and that starting point is not far away but right here and now. One can start with ten minutes of introspection daily and, then slowly proceed to the more important and i...”

“One who practices meditation and lives in this world will soon discover even the workings of this world or his relationship with this world or the way he functions in this world is much more perfec...”

“In Sadhana, it’s required to spend some period in solitude, especially in the beginning. Ramakrishna Paramahansa used to say that in the beginning of the Sadhana, one should protect oneself like th...”

“If I go to the caves of the Himalayas and meditate for twelve years and say that I am free of anger and jealousy and all the emotions normally associated with undeveloped human minds, I really can’...”

“Ramakrishna Paramahansa had many disciples and each one he treated and taught in different ways and every one of them, at least most of them, turned out at the end to be sages in their own right. N...”

“The practice of Sadhana is what is known generally as meditation. This meditation is not some kind of mumbo jumbo done behind closed doors; it is merely a method taught to a student by a spiritual ...”

“‘Atman’ or the real self – this center of our consciousness can’t be exclusive to anybody. All human beings have it deep down and that is the true consciousness. The process of finding it is known ...”

“There is a beautiful word in Sanskrit for completeness – ‘Poorna’. Upanishads mentions ‘Poorna’ – which means fulfillment, fullness, completeness. This is the essential characteristic of one’s bein...”

“Every little thing is full of joy. The dew drop you find on the grass in the morning, the breeze that blows in quietly bringing in the perfume of the jasmine, the smell of the earth after the first...”

“The Upanishads and the Vedas suggest that there is a way to find lasting happiness within, which is independent of all external things. The great sages who have experienced it are on record saying ...”