The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
RAMAKRISHNAIf 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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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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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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