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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.

Ramakrishna

The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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Jal Pani Religious Same Thing Water
One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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Day One Pure Spirit Sudden
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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God Ideal Meditate Nature Night Quire Thinking
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Ascetic Forgiveness Nature True
Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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Book Hearing Knowledge Reading Thinking Understanding
Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Duties Duty Few Finish Hand Peace
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.
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Bless Block God Hero Householder Indeed Prayer Real
Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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Essential God God Love Unemployed Unreal
Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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Acquired Child Divine Forget Knowledge Wisdom Worldly
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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God Liberal Meal Morning Noon Real Realize Self
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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Aspirant Boat Live Spiritual Stay Water World
So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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Directed God Herat Long Lost Man Ocean Towards Worldliness
The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Constant Death Impermanent Remember Should World
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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Fall God Religion River Sea True Way
It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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Faith In God Have Faith Real
Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Creed Different God Path Reach

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