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.
RAMAKRISHNACommon 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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
RAMAKRISHNATake 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.
RAMAKRISHNAPray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
RAMAKRISHNASimilarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
RAMAKRISHNAOne should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
RAMAKRISHNASo long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
RAMAKRISHNAGod in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
RAMAKRISHNAForget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
RAMAKRISHNAThere is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
RAMAKRISHNAWhat is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
RAMAKRISHNADisease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
RAMAKRISHNAThe Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
RAMAKRISHNAWisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
RAMAKRISHNAAll troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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