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
book reading thinking
Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
real practice listening
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
world scent deer
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
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.
essentials god-love unreal
Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
flower men long
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower, it noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas, he has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
goal religion path
So many religions, so many paths to reach the one and the same goal.
wise ignorant mind
It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.
love heart asking
Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
satisfaction path devotion
At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it.
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.
spirit form wells
Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.