A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
RAMAKRISHNAThe waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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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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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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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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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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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 is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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