First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
RAMAKRISHNAWe laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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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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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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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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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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