Love for God quote Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

If you enter the world without first cultivating love for God, you will be entangled more and more. You will be overwhelmed with its danger, its grief its sorrows. And the more you think of worldly things, the more you will be attached to them.

"First rub your hands with oil and then break open the jack-fruit; otherwise they will be smeared with its sticky milk. First secure the oil of divine love, and then set your hands to the duties of the world.

"But one must go into solitude to attain this divine love. To get butter from milk you must let it set into curd in a secluded spot: if it is too much disturbed, milk won't turn into curd. Next, you must put aside all other duties, sit in a quiet spot, and churn the curd. Only then do you get butter.

"Further, by meditating on God in solitude the mind acquires knowledge, dispassion, and devotion. But the very same mind goes downward if it dwells in the world. In the world there is only one thought: 'woman and gold

Love quote Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa

Girish ( A devotee) to Master (Sri Ramakrishna) : “ Sir what is ekangi prema (one sided love)?”

Master : “ It means one-sided love. For instance, the water does not seek the duck, but the duck loves the water. There are other kind of love: sadharani, samanjasa, and samartha. In the first, which is ordinary love, the lover seeks his own happiness; he does not care if the other person is happy or not. That was Chandravali;s attitude towards Krishna. In the second, which is compromise, both seeks each others happiness. This is a noble kind of love. But the third is the highest of all. Such a lover says to his beloved. ‘Be happy yourself, whatever may happen to me.’ Radha had this highest love. She was happy in Krishna’s happiness. The Gopis too had attained this exalted state.

From Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Love quote Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa

The devotion of the wife to her husband is also an instance of unswerving love. She feeds her brothers-in-law as well, and looks after their comforts, but she has a special relationship with her husband. Likewise, one may have that single-minded devotion to one’s own religion; but one should not on that account hate other faiths. On contrary, one should have friendly attitude toward them.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa