The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
RAMAKRISHNAAll troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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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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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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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 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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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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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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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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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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