When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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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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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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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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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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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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
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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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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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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.
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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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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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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.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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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.
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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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