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.
RAMAKRISHNAMan suffers through lack of faith in God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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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.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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