God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
RAMAKRISHNAThe winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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 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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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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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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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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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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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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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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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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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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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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