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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)

Ramakrishna

So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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Directed God Herat Long Lost Man Ocean Towards Worldliness
Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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Devotee Essential Exist God Long Running Vanity
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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Bird Live Mudfish Off Shake Spin Water Waterfowl
That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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Borrow Crowded Mind Over Studying
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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Brain Desire Devotional Energy Practice Practise Wasting
The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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Bend Great Lowly Meek Motivational Tree Wish
The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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Bamboo Bent Easy Force Grown Heart
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.
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Beautiful Black Blue Case Colour Man Pillow Third
No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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Back Come Holy Jump Man Old Shoulder Sin Sooner Water
The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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Bliss Covered Eternal Ignorance Indeed Obscured
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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Attain Encumbered Inspirational Kind Knowledge Learning People Self Two
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Cultivate Goal Human Life Purpose Supreme
The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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Difficulty Helping Hope Impermanent Knowing World
The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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Collect Down Egotism God Grant High Mound Run Water
It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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Dispute Drink Man Nectar Noiselessly Quarrels
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Before Behind Everywhere Expanse Imagine Jar Limitless Water

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)

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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)

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