Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
RAMAKRISHNAWe 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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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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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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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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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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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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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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