God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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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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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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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.
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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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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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