You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
RAMAKRISHNAMen are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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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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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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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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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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