black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.

Ramakrishna

There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
RAMAKRISHNA

Eye Highest Kind Love Lover Mind Mutual Selfish Unselfish
God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
RAMAKRISHNA

Form God Righteous Unrighteous
Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
RAMAKRISHNA

Benares Different Hearing Reading
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
RAMAKRISHNA

Lecture Merely Persistence Practice Real Use
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bless Block God Hero Householder Indeed Prayer Real
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
RAMAKRISHNA

Another Blue God Grace Heart Selfless Talking Work
The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bliss Covered Eternal Ignorance Indeed Obscured
If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
RAMAKRISHNA

Appear Holy Indeed Man Smallest Stain Ugly White
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Approached Hypocrite Infinite May Name
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

Baked Broken Fire Ignorance Man Mud New One Potter
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bird Live Mudfish Off Shake Spin Water Waterfowl
An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
RAMAKRISHNA

Down Heaven Ocean Rain Receive Thimble
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
RAMAKRISHNA

Attain Encumbered Inspirational Kind Knowledge Learning People Self Two
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Inspirational Man Suffer Suffering
I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
RAMAKRISHNA

Different Form God Human Mainfiesting People Realization Saint Stage Walking
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Before Behind Everywhere Expanse Imagine Jar Limitless Water

Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ramakrishna Quotes