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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

Ramakrishna

You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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Discipline Good Mean Small Spiritual Thing Work World
The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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Collect Down Egotism God Grant High Mound Run Water
When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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Bend Ego Fruit Gradually Humility Laden Own Spiritual Tree Vanish
Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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Alone Bondage Liberation Mind
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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Appear Holy Indeed Man Smallest Stain Ugly White
It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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Dispute Drink Man Nectar Noiselessly Quarrels
Great men have the nature of a child.
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Child Children Greatness Man Nature
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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Bird Live Mudfish Off Shake Spin Water Waterfowl
The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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Bliss Covered Ignorance Indeed Obscured
The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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Form God Meet People Saint Vicious Virtuous
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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Ahamkara Carry Egotism Man Perfect Slain Vitality
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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Agent Embodied God Man People State True
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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Fall Ganges Man Tree Undoubtedly Water
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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Approached Hypocrite Infinite May Name
Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Creed Different God Path Reach
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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Alone Guide Guru Universe

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