They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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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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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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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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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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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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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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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