Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
RAMAKRISHNAWisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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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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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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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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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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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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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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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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