Do 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.
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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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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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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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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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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.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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