Ramakrishna

Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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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. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#attachment #done #end #expectation #fear

Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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