Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
RAMAKRISHNAThe Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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