Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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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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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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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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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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