So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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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.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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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!’
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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.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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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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