When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
RAMAKRISHNAThe less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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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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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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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.’
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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.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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