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.
RAMAKRISHNADifferent creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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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 a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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