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.
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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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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.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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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.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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