If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
RAMAKRISHNAIf however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
RAMAKRISHNADisease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
RAMAKRISHNAThe 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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
RAMAKRISHNAMany 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.
RAMAKRISHNAAll troubles come to an end when the ego dies
RAMAKRISHNAIt is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you want to go east, don’t go west.
RAMAKRISHNABondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
RAMAKRISHNAAllow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
RAMAKRISHNAOne must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
RAMAKRISHNAMake 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.
RAMAKRISHNASimilarly, 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;
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