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;
RAMAKRISHNAA 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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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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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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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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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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