But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
RAMAKRISHNAOne cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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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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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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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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The 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.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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