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.
RAMAKRISHNATo work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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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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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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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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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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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.
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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