If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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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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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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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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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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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