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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.

Ramakrishna

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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Baked Broken Fire Ignorance Man Mud New One Potter
All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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Different Fall Flow God Reach Religion Religious River Sea True
You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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Bamboo Climb Reach Rope Stair Stone Wooden
Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
RAMAKRISHNA

Dwell Enter God Home Lying Prayer Search Searching Spiritual
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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Alone Guide Guru Universe
The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Both Consciousness Inside Jnani Nothing Outside Paramatman Pot
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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Bamboo Important Path Reach Realize Rope
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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Lecture Merely Persistence Practice Real Use
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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Bondage Free Freedom God Mind Son Soul
But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Again Bind Sufficient World
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Diversity Ignorance Knowledge Unity
The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Doe Ego Water Waxem Belong
So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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Child Children Illumination Knowledge Long Simple Worldly
He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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Dwell Ego God Long Possible
The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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Collect Down Egotism God Grant High Mound Run Water
You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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Bear Malice Path Right Wrong

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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