No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
RAMAKRISHNAIf 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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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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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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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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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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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