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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna As long as I live, so long do I learn.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
RamakrishnaRamakrishna If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna 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.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna 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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