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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.

Ramakrishna

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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Attitude Dispute Faith Maintain Religious Respect towards
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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Attain Birth Born Difficult Doe God Human Realizing
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Cultivate Goal Human Life Purpose Supreme
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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Day God Heaven Ignorance Say Therefore
If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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Confuse East Go Want West
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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Attain Encumbered Inspirational Kind Knowledge Learning People Self Two
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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Attain. Appear Bad Distinction Divine Good High Low Vision
First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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Discipline God Good Impart Power Raise Spiritual
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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Another Blue God Grace Heart Selfless Talking Work
Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Faith God Lack Man Suffer Suffering
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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Book Good Many Reading Religious Saying
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Diversity Ignorance Knowledge Unity
In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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Beloved Eye Happiness Loer Love Mutual Own Towards
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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Bless Block God Hero Householder Indeed Prayer Real
You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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Bamboo Climb Reach Rope Stair Stone Wooden
Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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Awareness Evil False Love Move Moving Spiritual

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