It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
RAMAKRISHNAThat is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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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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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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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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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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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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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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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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