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
RAMAKRISHNAThe way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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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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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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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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