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
religious attitude men
A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth. One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion, allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
heart ignorance men
The ordinary man says in his ignorance, "My religion is the sole religion, my religion is the best." But when his heart is illuminated by the true knowledge, he knows that beyond all the battles of sects and of sectaries presides the one, indivisible, eternal and omnipresent Benediction.
real have-faith faith-in-god
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.
realizing sincerity earnestness
With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions.
motivational knowing world
The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God.
children simple illumination
So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination. Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
heart light clouds
The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
morning thinking roots
The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
have-faith ifs
If one has faith, one has everything.
selfish eye love-is
There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also. It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe.
have-faith persons
Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
compassion given protect
The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God's compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
heart men grace
If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.
desire trying way
The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.