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.
RAMAKRISHNACan you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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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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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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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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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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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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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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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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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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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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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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