A 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.
RAMAKRISHNAImagine 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.
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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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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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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.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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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.
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