He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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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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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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All 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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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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God 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.
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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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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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