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.
RAMAKRISHNADwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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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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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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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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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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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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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