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.
RAMAKRISHNAOne cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
-
-
When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
RAMAKRISHNA -
So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
RAMAKRISHNA -
Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
RAMAKRISHNA -
Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
RAMAKRISHNA -
Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
RAMAKRISHNA -
One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
RAMAKRISHNA -
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;
RAMAKRISHNA -
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNA -
It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
RAMAKRISHNA -
When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
RAMAKRISHNA -
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNA -
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
RAMAKRISHNA -
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
RAMAKRISHNA -
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
RAMAKRISHNA -
As long as I live, so long do I learn.
RAMAKRISHNA