If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNAHe has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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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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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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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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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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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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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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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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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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