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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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When 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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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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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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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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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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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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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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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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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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