God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
RAMAKRISHNAAs long as I live, so long do I learn.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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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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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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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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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize 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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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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