It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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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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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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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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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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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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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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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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