Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
RAMAKRISHNAAs a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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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 jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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You 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?
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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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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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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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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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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