How do I find inner peace?

Mahaguru's teaching turns the question around: peace is not something to chase down from outside, but something that is already "inherited" within you, and the chasing itself is what keeps it out of reach. As he puts it, true happiness and peace that depend on an external thing (a possession, a relationship, an achievement) can never be sustained, because once the thing fades or changes, the peace built on it collapses too. The peace he points to is of a different kind: one that exists as a mental state within oneself, not borrowed from outside.

Here is how this is laid out practically:

• Stop running after peace, and it settles on its own. He gives the image of a flame in the wind: if you wave it about trying to put it out, it flares up more; left alone, it quietly goes out. In the same way, searching anxiously for peace keeps the mind agitated. The instruction is to stop "waving" and let things rest.

• Recognise where you're actually searching. Much of our chasing after houses, things, or relationships is really an attempt to fill an inner emptiness. Seeing this clearly, rather than acting it out blindly, is itself part of the path.

• Build awareness in the present moment. Peace, in this teaching, is something that can only exist now, not "tomorrow." By seeing clearly what is happening in this single moment rather than carrying the weight of the whole world in your head, a real lightness and comfort arises. This moment by moment awareness is described as the practical starting point.

• Let awareness mature into discipline, then stillness, then wisdom. As awareness deepens, a natural inner discipline forms (not following prescribed rules but something that grows from clear seeing). On that steadiness, concentration develops, the mind stops running around and becomes still. From that stillness, understanding and wisdom awaken. This is described as a journey you must actually walk through, not just a concept to talk about.

• Practice looking inward, not only outward. Just as much attention goes into the external world (a phone, daily affairs), the same attention turned toward observing one's own mind, its stories, its reactions, without getting swept into them, is what is called meditation here. Through that self-observation, one sees oneself clearly, corrects one's own flaws, and that is where genuine happiness and peace are found.

• This can be done in ordinary life. Peace and liberation are not reserved for monks or those who renounce home and family. By properly understanding where our attachments really live (in our mental formations, not in the external objects themselves), one can use things wisely while still cultivating this inner tranquility, right within daily life.

So the direction given is: stop searching outward for peace as if it were a prize to acquire; instead, build awareness of the present moment, observe your own mind honestly, and let discipline, stillness and wisdom grow from that. Peace, in this vision, is uncovered rather than obtained.