As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
RAMAKRISHNAOne feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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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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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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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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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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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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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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