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
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.
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.
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.
God can be realised through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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.
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.
