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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

Ramakrishna

Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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Appeal Fast Hold Whichever
God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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Boy Brother God Laugh Mother Occasion Patient Physician
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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Agent Embodied God Man People State True
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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Deer Effort Essence Laugh Laughing Musk Source
Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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Acquired Child Divine Forget Knowledge Wisdom Worldly
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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Heaven Ignorance Night Rise Sky Star Sun
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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Brain Desire Devotional Energy Practice Practise Wasting
The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Both Consciousness Inside Jnani Nothing Outside Paramatman Pot
As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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Ego Fire Piece Retain Rope Supreme
You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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Bear Malice Path Right Wrong
That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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Alone Heart Knowledge Mind Negation Purify True
It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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Faith In God Have Faith Real
Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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God Grow Heart Love Selfless
One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Enter Jumping Mansion Over Stump
One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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Fear Hatred Long Shame Spiritual
You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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Doll Fame Honour Infatuated Material Playing Wealth World

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