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.
RAMAKRISHNAGod laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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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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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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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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