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.
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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNAYou can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
RAMAKRISHNAMany people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
RAMAKRISHNAYou 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?
RAMAKRISHNAIt noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
RAMAKRISHNAUnalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
RAMAKRISHNAThen hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
RAMAKRISHNABondage 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.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
RAMAKRISHNAMake your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
RAMAKRISHNAThe Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
RAMAKRISHNAGod in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
RAMAKRISHNATravel 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.)
RAMAKRISHNAUnless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you want to go east, don’t go west.
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