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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
Ramakrishna
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Ramakrishna
Age: 50 †
Born: 1836
Born: February 18
Died: 1886
Died: August 16
Philosopher
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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By the mind one is bound by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: I am not bound, I am free, becomes free.
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The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth. One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion, allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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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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I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama .
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It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer. So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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The fool who repeats again and again: I am bound, I am bound, remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: I am a sinner, I am a sinner, becomes a sinner indeed.
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As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger in it. To look upon a woman as one's sister is also not bad. But the other attitudes are very difficult and dangerous. It is almost impossible to keep to the purity of the ideal.
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