As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
RAMAKRISHNA
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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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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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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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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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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.
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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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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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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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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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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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