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Ramakrishna (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886) was an Indian religious leader and philosopher, considered a significant figure in the modern spiritual movement of Hinduism. He advocated for Advaita Vedanta, the unity of the soul with the universe, and had a profound impact on posterity.

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“You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to comprehend.”

Knows Different Differences Taste Capacity Temperament Digestion Different Tastes

Author:Ramakrishna

“Right discrimination is of two kinds analytical and synthetical. The first leads one from the phenomena to the Absolute Brahman, while by the second one knows how the Absolute Brahman appears as the universe.”

Knows Firsts Kind Two Universe Know How Absolutes Discrimination Brahman

Book:Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120

Source: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120

“Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.”

Knows Needs Should Doe Important Book God Order Realizing Learning Study Too Much Essence Important Things Harm Scripture

Book:The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

“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.”

Knows Real Enough Form Certain Aspect Very Good Appeals Have Faith Faith In God Hold Fast Have Faith In God

Author:Ramakrishna

“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.”

Knows Men Heart Ignorance Battle Eternal Ordinary Sole Sects Ordinary Man Indivisible True Knowledge Benediction

Author:Ramakrishna

“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.”

Ifs Knows Men States Agents Powerless

Book:Sayings: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120

Source: Sayings: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120

“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, have come to realise that they know nothing.”

People Knows Inspirational Mind Kind Two Self Study Scripture Realising Self Knowledge Crowded Borrowed

Book:Sayings: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120

Source: Sayings: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120

“All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food. All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.”

Knows May Real Self Realizing Morning Evening Meals Exception Liberated Noon Real Self

Author:Ramakrishna

“These people are like ... a frog living in a well, who has never seen the outside world. He knows only his well, so he will not believe that there is such a thing as the world. Likewise, people talk so much about the world because they have not known the joy of God.”

People Knows World Believe Wells Joy Known Experience Frogs Outside World Wise People

Author:Ramakrishna

About the Author

Born: February 18, 1836
Died: August 16, 1886
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Quotes: 175

Books & Sources

The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaRelated source material

Sayings: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120Related source material

Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: The Most Exhaustive Collection of Them, Their Number Being 1120Related source material

Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: the most exhaustive collection of the sacred and inspired utterances of Bhagavan Sri RamakrishnaRelated source material

Springs of Indian WisdomRelated source material

The Way to God as Taught by Sri RamakrishnaRelated source material

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