Sri Ramakrishna

One's spiritual consciousness is not awakened by the mere reading of books. One should also pray to God. The…

If one takes shelter with God and prays to Him with great longing, God will surely listen; He will certainly…

One should pray to God with sincere longing. God cannot but listen to prayer if it is sincere. Sri…

Bhakti, love of God, is the only essential thing. One kind of bhakti has a motive behind it. Again, there is a…

The aim of the jnani is to know the' nature of his own Self. This is Knowledge; this is liberation. The true…

If you meditate on an ideal you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire…

It is not that God can be realized by this work and not by that. The vision of God depends on His grace. Still…

He who meditates on God for many days has substance in him, has divine power in him. Further, he who sings…

A little spiritual discipline is necessary. Through the practice of discipline one gradually obtains divine…

One must practise intense spiritual discipline. Can one obtain the vision of God all of a sudden, without any…

One attains God through japa. By repeating the name of God secretly and in solitude one receives divine grace.…

It is one thing to learn about God from the scriptures, and quite another to see Him. The scriptures only give…