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. .
RAMAKRISHNADifferent people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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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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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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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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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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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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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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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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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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