God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RAMAKRISHNAIt’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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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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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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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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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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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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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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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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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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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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