It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
RAMAKRISHNATo work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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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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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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