An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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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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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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