The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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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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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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