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. .
RAMAKRISHNAOne should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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