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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.

Ramakrishna

Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Allow Doe Evil God Plot Thicken World
One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
RAMAKRISHNA

Day One Pure Spirit Sudden
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Realize Realizing Telling Truth
If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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Fiber Needle Slight Sticking Succeed Thread Trying
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
RAMAKRISHNA

Lecture Merely Persistence Practice Real Use
As long as I live, so long do I learn.
RAMAKRISHNA

Learn Live Long
Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
RAMAKRISHNA

Case Immersed Infinite Inside Long Ocean Two Water
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
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Differences Different Digestion Taste Temperament
It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bend Drawn Easy Escape God Hold Untrained Young
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Alone Mean Path Realized Religion Right Thinking
The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
RAMAKRISHNA

Fool Guilt Night
It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Enough God Infinite Opinion Sincere Yearning
As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
RAMAKRISHNA

Boy Failing Fall Fear Fixing Perform Pillar Whirl Worldly
In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
RAMAKRISHNA

Beloved Eye Happiness Loer Love Mutual Own Towards
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Aspirant Boat Live Spiritual Stay Water World

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