The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
RAMAKRISHNAThe winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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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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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.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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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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