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. .
RAMAKRISHNAAll religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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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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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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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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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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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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