The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
RAMAKRISHNAAfter that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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The 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 has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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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 boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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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 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.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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