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.
RAMAKRISHNAA 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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Can 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.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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Make 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.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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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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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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