So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
RAMAKRISHNAThe jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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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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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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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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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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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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