Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Ramkṛiṣṇo Pôromôhongśo ; 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), born Gadadhar Chatterji or Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, was an Indian mystic and yogi during the 19th-century...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth18 February 1836
CountryIndia
devotion-to-god god-love stand-alone
Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
guru guides universe
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
men hands feet
Men bound hand and foot in the endless chain of cause & effect cannot free each other.
stars ignorance night
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
goal religion path
So many religions, so many paths to reach the one and the same goal.
men ideas important
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.
wise ignorant mind
It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.
vision sun dawn
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.
blow wind grace
The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
anger lust desire
It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
world scent deer
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
real practice listening
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
inspirational flower bees
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
differences taste digestion
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to comprehend.