The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
RAMAKRISHNAThe 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!
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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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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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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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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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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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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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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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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