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.
RAMAKRISHNAIf 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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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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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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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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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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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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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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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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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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