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.
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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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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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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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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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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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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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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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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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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