Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
RAMAKRISHNAGod can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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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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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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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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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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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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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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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.
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