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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

But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
RAMAKRISHNA

Again Bind Sufficient World
The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
RAMAKRISHNA

Cloud Heart Light Long Ray Similarly Sun World
Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
RAMAKRISHNA

Benares Different Hearing Reading
As 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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Ego Fire Piece Retain Rope Supreme
So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
RAMAKRISHNA

Directed God Herat Long Lost Man Ocean Towards Worldliness
Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
RAMAKRISHNA

Equal Faith Liberty Opinion Own
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
RAMAKRISHNA

Difficult Easy Practice Religion Talk
It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
RAMAKRISHNA

Dispute Drink Man Nectar Noiselessly Quarrels
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNA

Cultivate Goal Human Life Purpose Supreme
Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
RAMAKRISHNA

Appear Divided Inside Outside Part Perceive Pot Water
Do yourself what you wish others to do.
RAMAKRISHNA

Do Other Wish Yourself
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Ignorance Long Meditation Outside Separation
God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
RAMAKRISHNA

Form God Righteous Unrighteous
Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
RAMAKRISHNA

Faith Guru Man Need Spiritual Succeed Word
This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
RAMAKRISHNA

Belongs God Himself Laugh Man Mine Side Universe Yours
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

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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