Quotes by Ramakrishna

About Ramakrishna:

Ramakrishna was an Indian mystic and yogi during the 19th-century. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda. Tota Puri gave him the name Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
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Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

Ramakrishna

You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.

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What Brahman is cannot be described. All things in the world — the Vedas, the Puranas, the Tantras, the six systems of philosophy — have been defiled, like food that has been touched by the tongue, for they have been read or uttered by the tongue...

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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences,...

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One man may read the Bhagavata by the light of a lamp, and another may commit a forgery by that very light; but the lamp is unaffected. The sun sheds its light on the wicked as well as on the virtuous.

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God has revealed to me that only the Paramatman, whom the Vedas describe as the Pure Soul, is as immutable as Mount Sumeru, unattached, and beyond pain and pleasure. There is much confusion in this world of His maya. One can by no means say that 'thi...

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

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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.

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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.

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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.

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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.

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As long as I live, so long do I learn.

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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.

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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.

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

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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

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

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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.

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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.

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Author Bio

  • NameRamakrishna
  • DescriptionIndian mystic
  • Aliases@ Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa; @ Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna
  • BornFebruary 18, 1836
  • DiedAugust 16, 1886
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionPhilosopher