A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
RAMAKRISHNAAll troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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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.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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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 Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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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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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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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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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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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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