Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
RAMAKRISHNAWhy does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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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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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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