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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.

Ramakrishna

God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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God Going Himself Laugh Life Man Other Save Say Take
Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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Acquired Child Divine Forget Knowledge Wisdom Worldly
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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Depth Heart Herat Holy Immerse Love Ocean Overflowing Sure
The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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Cloud Heart Light Long Ray Similarly Sun World
It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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Fall God Religion River Sea True Way
Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Faith God Lack Man Suffer Suffering
Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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Another.You Everyone Love One
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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Ego Fire Piece Retain Rope Supreme
Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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Care Children Doll Fear Little Mother Play Restrain Running
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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Discipline Good Mean Small Spiritual Thing Work World
Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Bright Fall Heart Mam Mirror Reflect Sunlight Surface
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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God Liberal Meal Morning Noon Real Realize Self
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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Continous Meditation Mind Neglect State Time Worship
You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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Being Dwell God Love Everyone
In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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Attractive Beginning Consequence Pleasure Terrible World
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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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.

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