Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
RAMAKRISHNAThe compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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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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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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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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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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