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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.

Ramakrishna

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.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Ignorance Long Meditation Outside Separation
The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
RAMAKRISHNA

Collect Down Egotism God Grant High Mound Run Water
Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
RAMAKRISHNA

Care Children Doll Fear Little Mother Play Restrain Running
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
RAMAKRISHNA

Attain Encumbered Inspirational Kind Knowledge Learning People Self Two
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
RAMAKRISHNA

Book Good Many Reading Religious Saying
One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
RAMAKRISHNA

Enter Jumping Mansion Over Stump
But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
RAMAKRISHNA

Again Bind Sufficient World
Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
RAMAKRISHNA

Anyway Art Football Hear Praying
One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
RAMAKRISHNA

Disappear Exist Feel Long Remain
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
RAMAKRISHNA

Alone Guide Guru Universe
It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
RAMAKRISHNA

Faith In God Have Faith Real
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
RAMAKRISHNA

Heaven Ignorance Night Rise Sky Star Sun
That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
RAMAKRISHNA

Alone Heart Knowledge Mind Negation Purify True
If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
RAMAKRISHNA

Adie Afterward Divine Mother Pleasure Them Throwing
When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
RAMAKRISHNA

Appear Blossom Fruit God Love Ritual
One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
RAMAKRISHNA

Day One Pure Spirit Sudden

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