Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
RAMAKRISHNAOne cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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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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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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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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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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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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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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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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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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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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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.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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