When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
RAMAKRISHNAThe less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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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.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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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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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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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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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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