One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
RAMAKRISHNAMan 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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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.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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