God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RAMAKRISHNAGod is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RAMAKRISHNASo long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
RAMAKRISHNAIt is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
RAMAKRISHNAThose whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
RAMAKRISHNAMan needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
RAMAKRISHNAThe sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
RAMAKRISHNAGod is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
RAMAKRISHNATravel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
RAMAKRISHNAWe laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
RAMAKRISHNAOne should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
RAMAKRISHNAIf you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNAThat is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
RAMAKRISHNAHearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
RAMAKRISHNAA boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
RAMAKRISHNAThe breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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