It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
RAMAKRISHNAIt noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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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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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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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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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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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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