A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
RAMAKRISHNAUnless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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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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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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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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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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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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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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