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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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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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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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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 winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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