
Sri Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
1836-1886 • Indian
HinduismBhaktiVedanta
Indian mystic and priest whose devotion to Kali led to direct experience of the divine. Teacher of Swami Vivekananda.
Key Works
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
- Sayings
109
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Quotes by Sri Ramakrishna
109 quotes“The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.”
graceSayings
“Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.”
unityGospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.”
realizationGospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”
longingSayings
“Bondage is of the mind, and freedom too is of the mind.”
mindGospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“God is in all men, but all men are not in God.”
godGospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
consciousnessThe Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“The greatest religion is to be true to this dharma; neglect it and you neglect your own welfare.”
truthThe Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
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