One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
RAMAKRISHNABhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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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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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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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.
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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.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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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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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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