No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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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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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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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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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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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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