As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
RAMAKRISHNA
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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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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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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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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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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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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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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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