Ramakrishna on day
Ramakrishna179 quotes“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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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;
RamakrishnaRamakrishna You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
RamakrishnaRamakrishna What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
RamakrishnaRamakrishna 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.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna 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!’
RamakrishnaRamakrishna When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
RamakrishnaRamakrishna It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna 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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Ben RobertsonBen Robertson The thing about acting is that it’s fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what’s given to you.
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