As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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.
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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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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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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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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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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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