The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
RAMAKRISHNAHe has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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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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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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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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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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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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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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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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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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