As long as I live, so long do I learn.
RAMAKRISHNAHe whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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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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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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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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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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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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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 a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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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 see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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