The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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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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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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