“One can easily realize God if one is free from guile.”

— Ramakrishna

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 458
Context: One can easily realize God if one is free from guile. Spiritual instruction produces quick results in a guileless heart. Such a heart is like well cultivated land from which all the stones have been removed. No sooner is the seed sown than it germinates. The fruit also appears quickly.

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Indian mystic and religious preacher 1836–1886

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