He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
RAMAKRISHNAThe magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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If 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.
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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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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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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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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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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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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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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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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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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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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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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