It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
RAMAKRISHNAIt’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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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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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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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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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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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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