Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RAMAKRISHNAThe virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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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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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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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 you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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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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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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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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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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