The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
RAMAKRISHNAThe magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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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.
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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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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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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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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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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.
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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.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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