When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
RAMAKRISHNAAn ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
RAMAKRISHNAThe sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
RAMAKRISHNAForget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
RAMAKRISHNAThe less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
RAMAKRISHNAGod in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
RAMAKRISHNAYou must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
RAMAKRISHNAThe richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
RAMAKRISHNAAs long as I live, so long do I learn.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you want to go east, don’t go west.
RAMAKRISHNADifferent people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNAAll will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
RAMAKRISHNAHearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
RAMAKRISHNAThe world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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