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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)
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)
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)
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)
All these names and forms are illusory, like a dream. What Brahman is cannot be described.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
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)
One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
Here is Thy righteousness and here is Thy unrighteousness. Take them both, Mother, and give me pure love.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
The Pure Mind and the Pure Ātman are one and the same thing. Whatever comes up in the Pure Mind is the voice of God.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
There are different temperaments. There are differences in the capacity to comprehend.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)