Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
RAMAKRISHNAThe fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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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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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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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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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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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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