God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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 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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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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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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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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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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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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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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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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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 cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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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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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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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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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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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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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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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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