Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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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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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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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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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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