black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.

Ramakrishna

The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNA

Always Blowing Grace Raise Sail Wind
If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
RAMAKRISHNA

Depth Heart Herat Holy Immerse Love Ocean Overflowing Sure
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Man Manifest Serve Worship Worshipping
That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
RAMAKRISHNA

Alone Heart Knowledge Mind Negation Purify True
Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
RAMAKRISHNA

Ahamkara Carry Egotism Man Perfect Slain Vitality
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Realize Realizing Telling Truth
Do yourself what you wish others to do.
RAMAKRISHNA

Do Other Wish Yourself
The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
RAMAKRISHNA

Collect Down Egotism God Grant High Mound Run Water
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Assert Bound Conviction Freed Mind Strong
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
RAMAKRISHNA

Differences Different Digestion Taste Temperament
It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
RAMAKRISHNA

Dispute Drink Man Nectar Noiselessly Quarrels
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Liberal Meal Morning Noon Real Realize Self
God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
RAMAKRISHNA

Form God Righteous Unrighteous
Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
RAMAKRISHNA

Acquired Child Divine Forget Knowledge Wisdom Worldly
The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
RAMAKRISHNA

Blow Grace Need Sail Set Time Wind
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
RAMAKRISHNA

Diversity Ignorance Knowledge Unity
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
RAMAKRISHNA

Beautiful Black Blue Case Colour Man Pillow Third
The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
RAMAKRISHNA

Both Consciousness Inside Jnani Nothing Outside Paramatman Pot
God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
RAMAKRISHNA

Humility Pride Realized Slighest Trace
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Attain Knowledge Land m Divine Pride Rid Water
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Soul Speak Truth Unless
All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
RAMAKRISHNA

Certainty Exception Know Real Self
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Aspirant Boat Live Spiritual Stay Water World
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
RAMAKRISHNA

Faith Flower Honey Hover Peace Portal Sweetness Tasted
So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
RAMAKRISHNA

Child Children Illumination Knowledge Long Simple Worldly
They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
RAMAKRISHNA

Action Conscious Doer Fully God Servant
More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
RAMAKRISHNA

Approached Hypocrite Infinite May Name

A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ramakrishna Quotes