Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
RAMAKRISHNAHearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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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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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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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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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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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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