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The holy wife of the renowned Indian saint Ramakrishna, she is revered as a spiritual teacher in her own right. Known for her humility, compassion, and profound wisdom, she played a key role in the spiritual and organizational growth of the Ramakrishna Order. Her teachings emphasized the importance of inner purity, devotion to God, and service to humanity, offering timeless guidance for those seeking spiritual growth through selfless action.

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Sarada Devi
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The holy wife of the renowned Indian saint Ramakrishna, she is revered as a spiritual teacher in her own right. Known for her humility, compassion, and profound wisdom, she played a key role in the spiritual and organizational growth of the Ramakrishna Order. Her teachings emphasized the importance of inner purity, devotion to God, and service to humanity, offering timeless guidance for those seeking spiritual growth through selfless action.

No one can suffer for all time. No one will spend all his days on this earth in suffering. Every action brings its own result, and one gets one's opportunities accordingly.

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The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.

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Let me tell you how to love all equally. Do not demand anything of those you love. If you make demands, some will give you more and some less. In that case you will love more those who give you more and less those who give you less. Thus your love will not be the same for all. You will not be able to love all impartially.

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Ordinary human love results in misery. Love for God brings blessedness.

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The Mother of the universe is the Mother of all. From Her have come out both good and evil.

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In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and deities are all Maya.

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One must be patient like the earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all.

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We suffer as a result of our own actions; it is unfair to blame anybody for it.

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One suffers as a result of one's own actions. So, instead of blaming others for such sufferings, one should pray to the Lord and depending entirely on His grace, try to bear them patiently and with forbearance under all circumstances.

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Even the impossible becomes possible through devotion.

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Everything, husband, wife, or even the body, is only illusory. These are all shackles of illusion. Unless you can free yourself from these bondages, you will never be able to go to the other shore of the world.

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This world is moving around like a wheel. That indeed is the last birth in which one gets completely rid of all desires.

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One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.

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My son, forbearance is a great virtue; there's no other like it.

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He who will pray to God eagerly will see Him.

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When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one's spiritual realization one will find that He who resides in one's heart, resides in the hearts of others as well - the oppressed, the persecuted, the untouchable, and the outcast.

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He who has really prayed to the Master, even once, has nothing to fear. By, praying to him constantly one gets ecstatic love (Prema Bhakti) through his grace.

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Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. The Lord will remove all your impurities, assuage your mental anguish, and give you enlightenment.

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Why do people argue? Even the wisest of men have not found God through argument! Is God a subject for argument?

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No doubt, God alone has become all these objects, animate and inanimate, but in the relative world all beings act and suffer according to their past Karma and innate tendencies.

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Does one get faith by mere studying of books? Too much reading creates confusion. The Master used to say that one should learn from the scriptures that God alone is real and the world illusory.

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I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Never fear. Whenever you are in distress, say to yourself, ‘I have a mother.’

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My child, I bless you from my heart that you live long, attain devotion, and enjoy peace. Peace is the principal thing. One needs peace alone.

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