One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
RAMAKRISHNADo 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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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 tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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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.
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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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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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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 water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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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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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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