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
RAMAKRISHNAThe supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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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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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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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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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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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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