Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
RAMAKRISHNAForgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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 winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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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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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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