When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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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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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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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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 truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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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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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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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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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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