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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.

Ramakrishna

The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
RAMAKRISHNA

Compassion Given Helpless Protect
Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
RAMAKRISHNA

Acquired Child Divine Forget Knowledge Wisdom Worldly
Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
RAMAKRISHNA

Benares Different Hearing Reading
Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
RAMAKRISHNA

Duties Duty Few Finish Hand Peace
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Liberal Meal Morning Noon Real Realize Self
It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
RAMAKRISHNA

Dispute Drink Man Nectar Noiselessly Quarrels
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
RAMAKRISHNA

Ascetic Forgiveness Nature True
There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
RAMAKRISHNA

Eye Highest Kind Love Lover Mind Mutual Selfish Unselfish
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNA

Cultivate Goal Human Life Purpose Supreme
You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
RAMAKRISHNA

Doll Fame Honour Infatuated Material Playing Wealth World
A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
RAMAKRISHNA

Attitude LeadingTruth Maintain Man Path Religious
An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
RAMAKRISHNA

Down Heaven Ocean Rain Receive Thimble
Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
RAMAKRISHNA

Faith Guru Man Need Spiritual Succeed Word
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
RAMAKRISHNA

Attain Encumbered Inspirational Kind Knowledge Learning People Self Two
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
RAMAKRISHNA

Differences Different Digestion Taste Temperament
The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bamboo Bent Easy Force Grown Heart

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