Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
RAMAKRISHNAHe is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
-
-
Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
RAMAKRISHNA -
Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
RAMAKRISHNA -
He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
RAMAKRISHNA -
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNA -
So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
RAMAKRISHNA -
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 -
The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
RAMAKRISHNA -
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
RAMAKRISHNA -
But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
RAMAKRISHNA -
After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
RAMAKRISHNA -
The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
RAMAKRISHNA -
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.
RAMAKRISHNA -
The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
RAMAKRISHNA -
You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
RAMAKRISHNA -
It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
RAMAKRISHNA