One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
RAMAKRISHNAOne cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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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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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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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 tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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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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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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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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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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