If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
RAMAKRISHNAThe breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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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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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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We 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.
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Bondage 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.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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So 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
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