If you want to go east, don’t go west.
RAMAKRISHNAMan suffers through lack of faith in God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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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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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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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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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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