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.
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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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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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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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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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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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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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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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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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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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