So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
RAMAKRISHNAWhy does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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