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.’
RAMAKRISHNATo work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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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 waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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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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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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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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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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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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