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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?

Ramakrishna

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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Before Behind Everywhere Expanse Imagine Jar Limitless Water
If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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Conclude Divide Doe Healing Pearl Sea
There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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Inside Jar Outside Water
It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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Account Door Ego God Jumping Lie Lying Mansion Stump
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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Aways Direction Heart Magnetic Man Needle North Ocean Vessel
Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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Devotee Essential Exist God Long Running Vanity
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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Afraid Alone Anger Arise Desire Lust
The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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Blowing Grace Inspirational Raise Sail Wind
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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Another Blue God Grace Heart Selfless Talking Work
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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Beautiful Divine Dwell Hold Man Ugly Wicked
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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Beautiful Black Blue Case Colour Man Pillow Third
It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Animal Dwell Face God Tiger Wicked
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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Body Disease House Soul Tax Tenant
Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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God Grow Heart Love Selfless
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. .
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Eye Highest Kind Love Lover Mind Mutual Selfish Unselfish
Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Allow Doe Evil God Plot Thicken World

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