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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner

Ramakrishna

Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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Alone Bondage Liberation Mind
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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Heaven Ignorance Night Rise Sky Star Sun
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Always Blowing Grace Raise Sail Wind
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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Alone Guide Guru Universe
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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Case Immersed Infinite Inside Long Ocean Two Water
Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Benares Different Hearing Reading
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
When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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Attain. Appear Bad Distinction Divine Good High Low Vision
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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Book Deep Dive Essence God Learn Need Order Realize
So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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Beautiful Divine Dwell Hold Man Ugly Wicked
Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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Bagful Common Grain Little Man Religion Speak Wise
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Differences Different Digestion Taste Temperament
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
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Ascetic Forgiveness Nature True
But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Again Bind Sufficient World
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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God Realize Realizing Telling Truth

I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner

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