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
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form. That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real. Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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The grace of God is a wind which is always blowing.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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God cannot be seen so long as there is the slightest taint of desire. Therefore have your minor desires satisfied , and renounce the major ones through right reasoning and discrimination.