As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
RAMAKRISHNAIt noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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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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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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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.
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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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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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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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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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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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