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.
RAMAKRISHNABecause 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.
RAMAKRISHNAGod cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
RAMAKRISHNASo long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
RAMAKRISHNAThe richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
RAMAKRISHNAWhen the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
RAMAKRISHNAThe compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
RAMAKRISHNAMan suffers through lack of faith in God.
RAMAKRISHNASpirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
RAMAKRISHNAIn 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.
RAMAKRISHNABondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
RAMAKRISHNAA devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
RAMAKRISHNAAfter that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
RAMAKRISHNAI have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
RAMAKRISHNAThere is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
RAMAKRISHNAOne cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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