To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.

Quote by Ramakrishna

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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be...

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be...

Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.

Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere....

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere....

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature...

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature...

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I...

Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I...

Be not a traitor in your thoughts. Be sincere; act according to your thoughts; and...

Be not a traitor in your thoughts. Be sincere; act according to your thoughts; and...

If you want to go east, don't go west.

If you want to go east, don't go west.

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may...

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may...

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is...

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is...

Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be...

Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be...

Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one...

Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one...

God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why...

God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why...

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of...

Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of...

The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which...

The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which...

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays...

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays...

God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God....

God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God....

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then...

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then...