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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.

Ramakrishna

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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Attain Desire Dharma God Subtle Trace Truth Trying Way
By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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Assert Bound Conviction Freed Mind Strong
It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Enough God Infinite Opinion Sincere Yearning
Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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Awareness Evil False Love Move Moving Spiritual
If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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Conclude Divide Doe Healing Pearl Sea
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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Account Door Ego God Jumping Lie Lying Mansion Stump
The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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Doe Good Himself Man Motive Selfish
As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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Learn Live Long
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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God Mad Thing World
Great men have the nature of a child.
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Child Children Greatness Man Nature
When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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Appear Blossom Fruit God Love Ritual
The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Both Consciousness Inside Jnani Nothing Outside Paramatman Pot
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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God Man Manifest Serve Worship Worshipping
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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Deer Effort Essence Laugh Laughing Musk Source
The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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Ego Flourishing Morning Root Sprout Thinking
The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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Bliss Covered Eternal Ignorance Indeed Obscured

One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.

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