One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
RAMAKRISHNALittle 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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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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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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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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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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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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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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