Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RAMAKRISHNAThe winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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A 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.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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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.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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