Ramakrishna Quotes on Bliss
- Dive deep in the sweetness of God's Bliss.
- If the mind is free from 'woman and gold',
then what else can obstruct a man? He enjoys
then only the Bliss of Brahman.
- If a man enjoys the Bliss of God, he doesn't
enjoy the world. Having tasted divine bliss, he
finds the world insipid. If a man gets a shawl,
he doesn't care for broadcloth.
- The feeling of 'I and mine' has covered the
Reality. Because of this we do not see Truth.
Attainment of Chaitanya, Divine Consciousness,
is not possible without the knowledge of Advaita,
Non-duality. After realizing Chaitanya one
enjoys Nityananda, Eternal Bliss. One enjoys
this Bliss after attaining the state of a
paramahamsa.
- People talk about leading a religious life
in the world. But if they once taste the bliss
of God they will not enjoy anything else. Their
attachment to worldly duties declines. As their
spiritual joy becomes deeper, they simply cannot
perform their worldy duties. More and more they
seek that joy. Can worldly pleasures and sex
pleasures be compared to the bliss of God? If a
man once tastes that bliss he runs after it ever
afterwards. It matters very little to him then
whether the world remains or disappears.
- The feeling of 'I and mine' has covered the
Reality. Because of this we do not see Truth.
Attainment of Chaitanya, Divine Consciousness,
is not possible without the knowledge of Advaita,
Non-duality. After realizing Chaitanya one
enjoys Nityananda, Eternal Bliss. One enjoys
this Bliss after attaining the state of a
paramahamsa.
- The whole thing is to love God and taste His
sweetness. He is sweetness and the devotee is
its enjoyer. The devotee drinks the sweet Bliss
of God. Further, God is the lotus and the
devotee the bee. The devotee sips the honey of
the lotus.
- Chaitanya, Consciousness, is awakened after
Advaita-jnana, the Knowledge of the non-dual
Brahman. Then one perceives that God alone
exists in all beings as Consciousness. After
this realization comes Ananda, Bliss. Advaita,
Chaitanya, and Nityananda.
- People talk about leading a religious life
in the world. But if they once taste the bliss
of God they will not enjoy anything else. Their
attachment to worldly duties declines. As their
spiritual joy becomes deeper, they simply cannot
perform their worldy duties. More and more they
seek that joy. Can worldly pleasures and sex
pleasures be compared to the bliss of God? If a
man once tastes that bliss he runs after it ever
afterwards. It matters very little to him then
whether the world remains or disappears.
- 'Woman and gold' alone is the world; that
alone is maya. Because of it you cannot see or
think of God. After the birth of one or two
children, husband and wife should live as
brother and sister and talk only of God. Then
both their minds will be drawn to God, and the
wife will be a help to the husband on the path
of spirituality. None can taste divine bliss
without giving up his animal feeling. A devotee
should pray to God to help him get rid of this
feeling. It must be a sincere prayer. God is our
Inner Controller; He will certainly listen to
our prayer if it is sincere.
- One needs sadhana (spiritual practice). Mere
study of the scriptures will not do. I noticed
that though Vidyasagar had no doubt read a great
deal, he had not realized what was inside him;
he was satisfied with helping boys get their
education, but had not tasted the Bliss of God.
What will mere study accomplish? How little one
assimilates! The almanac may forecast twenty
measures of rain; but you don't get a drop by
squeezing its pages.
- It is quite different with sannyasis. They
are able to fix their minds on God alone,
completely withdrawing them from 'woman and
gold'. They can enjoy the Bliss of God alone. A
man of true renunciation cannot enjoy anything
but God. He leaves any place where people talk
of worldly things; he listens only to spiritual
talk. A man of true renunciation never speaks
about anything but God. The bees light only on
flowers, in order to sip honey; they do not
enjoy anything else.
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