Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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God is=10 Quotes by Sri Ramakrishna

 

God is Love

 

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad

with the love of God… Many good sayings are to be found in holy

books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must

practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love

of God.

 

God is True Knowledge

 

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the

Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and

worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. When the divine

vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no

distinction of good and bad, or of high and low… Good and evil

cannot bind him who has realized the oneness of Nature and his own

self.

 

God is in Your Heart

 

Because of the screen of Maya (illusion) that shuts off God from

human view, one cannot see Him playing in one " s heart.

 

After installing the Deity on the lotus of your heart, you must keep

the lamp of remembering God ever burning. While engaged in the

affairs of the world, you should constantly turn your gaze inwards

and see whether the lamp is burning or not.

 

God is in All People

 

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

suffer.

 

God is Our Father

 

 

As a nurse in a wealthy family brings up her master " s child, loving

it as if it were her own, yet knowing well that she has no claim

upon it, so you also think that you are but trustee and guardians of

your children whose real father is the Lord himself.

 

God is Infinite

 

Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He

may be approached.

 

God is Truth

 

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

soul of truth. One must be very particular about telling the truth.

Through truth one can realize God. God is above all Arguments

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. Your little brain will

otherwise be muddled.

 

God is Work

 

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot

stand alone.

 

God is the End

 

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.