Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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More Ramakrishna Quotes
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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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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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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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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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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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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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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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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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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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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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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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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