The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNAFinish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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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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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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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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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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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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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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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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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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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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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