A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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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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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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