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Can 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.

Ramakrishna

Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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Bondage Free Freedom God Mind Son Soul
A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Attitude LeadingTruth Maintain Man Path Religious
Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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Devotee Essential Exist God Long Running Vanity
Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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Achieve Everything Faith Person
Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Duties Duty Few Finish Hand Peace
One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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Attain Knowledge Land m Divine Pride Rid Water
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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Ahamkara Carry Egotism Man Perfect Slain Vitality
When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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Goat Head Man Perfect Serve Struggle Time Trunk
The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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Fool Guilt Night
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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Another Blue God Grace Heart Selfless Talking Work
He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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Dwell Ego God Long Possible
The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Doe Ego Water Waxem Belong
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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Again Die Fire Ignorance Knowledge Naked Person True Well
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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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Believe Discard Mixture Non-Believe Positive Truth World
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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Can 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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Can 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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