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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart.
Ramakrishna : Prophet of New India (1948)
Mother, here is Thy knowledge and here is Thy ignorance. Take them both, and give me only pure love.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
After realizing God, one does not identify oneself any more with the body. Then one knows that body and soul are two different things.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
His ideal is the union of the embodied soul and the Supreme Soul.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
Attend to all your duties but keep your mind fixed on God.
Ramakrishna and His Disciples (1965)
This māyā, that is to say, the ego, is like a cloud. The sun cannot be seen on account of a thin patch of cloud; when that disappears one sees the sun. If by the grace of the guru one's ego vanishes, then one sees God.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
One cannot think of the Absolute without the Relative, or of the Relative without the Absolute.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
Knowledge and love of God are ultimately one and the same. There is no difference between pure knowledge and pure love.
Râmakrishna: His Life and Sayings (1898)
If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God.
Ramakrishna and His Disciples (1965)
All these names and forms are illusory, like a dream. What Brahman is cannot be described.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
As water does not enter into a stone, so religious advice produces no impression on the heart of a worldly I man.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as "I am such an important man" or "I am so and so". Level the mound of "I" to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)