All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
RAMAKRISHNALive 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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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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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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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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