After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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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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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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