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.
RAMAKRISHNAUnless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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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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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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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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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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