Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
RAMAKRISHNATake the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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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.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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