So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
RAMAKRISHNAThat 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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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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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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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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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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