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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More Ramakrishna Quotes
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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Travel 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.)
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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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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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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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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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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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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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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