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.
Quotations
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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.
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments.
When divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments.
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
