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.
RAMAKRISHNAI 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
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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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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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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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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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.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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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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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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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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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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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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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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One 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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