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.
RAMAKRISHNAAfter that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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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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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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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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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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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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