Ramakrishna on acquired
Ramakrishna179 quotes“Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.”
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna 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.’
RamakrishnaRamakrishna No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
RamakrishnaRamakrishna There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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