A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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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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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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