The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
RAMAKRISHNAIt noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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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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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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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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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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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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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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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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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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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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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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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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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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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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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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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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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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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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