No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
RAMAKRISHNANo sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
RAMAKRISHNAGod, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
RAMAKRISHNAThe virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
RAMAKRISHNAA 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.
RAMAKRISHNAYou should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
RAMAKRISHNAWhy does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RAMAKRISHNAThe Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
RAMAKRISHNAMen are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
RAMAKRISHNASo it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
RAMAKRISHNAOne day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
RAMAKRISHNAIn mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
RAMAKRISHNAIf 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.
RAMAKRISHNAThat is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
RAMAKRISHNAA 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.
RAMAKRISHNAUnless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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