An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
RAMAKRISHNAAll, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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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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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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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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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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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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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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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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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 in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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