It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
RAMAKRISHNAIt’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
RAMAKRISHNAWe laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
RAMAKRISHNASo it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
RAMAKRISHNAAn ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
RAMAKRISHNATo work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
RAMAKRISHNAThe truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
RAMAKRISHNAThe tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
RAMAKRISHNAThe water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
RAMAKRISHNAThe Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
RAMAKRISHNAImagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
RAMAKRISHNAMake 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.
RAMAKRISHNAThat is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
RAMAKRISHNAIt noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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