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.
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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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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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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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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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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Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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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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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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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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