The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNAThrough selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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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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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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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.
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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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.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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