The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
RAMAKRISHNAThey are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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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.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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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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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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If 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.
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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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