In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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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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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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Men 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.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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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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A 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.
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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