“If that Truth is there and I am here, I need to go towards it. But what we are looking for is here, there and everywhere. Tad dure tad vadantike - It's far and yet so near. Isha vasyam idam sarvam....”
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Quotes by Sri M
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“You can only go as close as possible to the Truth. You cannot become the Truth, because as long as ‘you’ are there, there is no Truth. When ‘I am’ is gone, there is the Truth. ‘I’ is burnt off like...”
“ Upanishads are also called Aranayakas. End of the other portions of the Veda. The Sanskrit word for end is Anta. So they are known as Veda-Anta. When the Truths of the Upanishads are understood, i...”
“If you want something which gives you complete satisfaction and fulfillment, no matter what you have or what you don't have in the external world, then you are seeking the Truth. And once it is tou...”
“Why do we want to learn a technique or a mantra or want to be initiated into spiritual practice? What are we seeking? What is it that is within us that seeks to fulfill itself? So it must be that w...”
“Love is not something that exists only when the body exists. The body has to go inevitably. But love is an immaterial thing that is a part of our soul which never dies even when the body dies. If y...”
“On the spiritual journey, adopt all methods possible so that you don't fall off from the path and continue to stick to that no matter what temptations and what troubles come to you. But please don'...”
“The spiritual seeker is one who persists, so we have to persist. ”
“All human beings have some problems. But if you are spiritual, you also get the energy and the perseverance to go through them and come out unscathed.”
“The purpose of life is not merely to make money or to build houses. It is to find true happiness. Once you start pursuing the spiritual and you begin to feel happiness in the inner then all the out...”
“Surrender as well as hard work have to go together, especially in spiritual life.”
“A sadhak should persist and not give up on the negative side of one's personality. On the other hand, to support that, you need to surrender to the Supreme being. It should be a mind that asks for ...”
“Just as you apply your entire energy and mind to building up a bank balance, if you apply it to finding Liberation, you will find it. Believe me, you can lead a normal life while working, when y...”
“If any of your sadhana is making you a totally feelingless, heartless person, abandon it. That's not sadhana.”
“Bhava or Bhakti is a spontaneous feeling that arises in the heart. If you think that Bhakti can be cultivated, it's not possible. Anything you cultivate is not original. It is your own cultivation,...”