He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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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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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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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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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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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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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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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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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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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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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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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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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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