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.
RAMAKRISHNAGod, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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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
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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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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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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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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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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