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.
RAMAKRISHNAAs long as I live, so long do I learn.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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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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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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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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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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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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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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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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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.
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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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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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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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