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As persons living in a house infested by venomous snakes are always alert and cautious, so should men living in the world be always on their guard against the allurements of lust and greed.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe. (687)
Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960)
Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water. He who, like an ant, can take the sugar from a mixture of sugar and sand, leaving aside the sand.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
Thou art the Whole, and I am a part.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
All right, you are God. The elephant is God also, but God in the shape of the elephant-driver was warning you also from above. Why did you not pay heed to his warnings?
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
On the tree of Sat-^it-dnanda there are innumerable :' ;Rlmas, Knshwas, Christ's, &c. ; one or two of them come | 'down into this world now and then, and produce mighty changes and revolutions.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal. So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
There is not a fellow under the sun who is my disciple. On the contrary, I am everybody's disciple. All are the children of God. All are His servants. I too am a child of God. I too am His servant.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
A saint does not look at women with the eye of desire; if he comes near a woman, he sees the Divine Mother in her and worships her.
The Gospel of Râmakrishna (1907)
If one has faith one has everything.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
Beware of these powers, and desire them not.
Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960)
Whether you accept Rādhā and Krishna, or not, please do accept their attraction for each other. Try to create that same yearning in your heart for God. Yearning is all you need in order to realize Him.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
Samadhi is the state of bliss which is experienced by a live fish which, being kept out of water for some time, is again put into it.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
When Bhagavdn 5r! Ramakandra came to this world, seven sages only could recognise Him to be the God, incarnate. So when God descends into this world, few only can recognise His Divine nature.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food. All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942)
Four blind men went to see an elephant … In the same manner those quarrel who have seen one aspect only of the Deity.
The goal can never be reached unless a man makes his mind strong, and firmly resolves that he must realise God in this very birth, nay, this very moment. (626)
Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960)
Thinking thus he did not move. At last the elephant took him up by his trunk, and dashed him aside.
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)
At a certain stage of his path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form; at another stage, in God without form
Râmakrishna : His Life and Sayings (1898)