Imagine 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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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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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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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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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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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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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