"If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent."
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"The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God's compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless."
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"God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride."
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"Infinite are the paths and infinite the opinions."
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"A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very subtle things which otherwise elude his intellect. Through that understanding the aspirant can have direct vision of God. That pure understanding alone enables him to realize Truth."
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"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."
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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."
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"It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it."
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"When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake."
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"Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water. He who, like an ant, can take the sugar from a mixture of sugar and sand, leaving aside the sand."
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"With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the Vedantists, and the Brahmos. The Mussalmans and Christians will realize Him too. All will certainly realize God if they are earnest and sincere."
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"The rishis of old attained the Knowledge of Brahman. One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of worldliness. How hard the rishis laboured ! Early in the morning they would go away from the hermitage, and would spend the whole day in solitude, meditating on Brahman. At night they would return to the hermitage and eat a little fruit or roots. They kept their mind aloof from the objects of sight, hearing, touch, and other things of a worldly nature. Only thus did they realize Brahman as their own inner conciousness."
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"As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body."
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"The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as "I am such an important man" or "I am so and so". Level the mound of "I" to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion."
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"One man may read the Bhagavata by the light of a lamp, and another may commit a forgery by that very light; but the lamp is unaffected. The sun sheds its light on the wicked as well as on the virtuous."
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"He who is called Krishna is also Siva and the Primal Sakti...He again, who is called Jesus and Allah. Truth is one."
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"The grace of God is a wind which is always blowing."
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"Live like a mud-fish: its skin is bright and shiny even though it lives in mud."
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"The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?"
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"Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity."
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