When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
RAMAKRISHNAThe sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
RAMAKRISHNAHe is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
RAMAKRISHNANo sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
RAMAKRISHNAThe winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNAThat knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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.
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.
RAMAKRISHNAThere are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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?
RAMAKRISHNAThe same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
RAMAKRISHNACan you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
RAMAKRISHNAUnalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
RAMAKRISHNAIt’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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