It 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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The 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
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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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 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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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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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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