In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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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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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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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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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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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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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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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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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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