black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration.

Radhanath Swami

If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Enjoyment Frustration Suffering World
In giving respect we can be very happy, because we can do it in all situations. When we expect respect we are miserable, because it is not that everyone in every situation will respect us.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Happiness Misery Respect Situation
To be meek and humble means to have a service attitude towards God, the Vaisnavas, and all living beings. Unless we have that, our chanting will have minimal effect and many births may pass before we finally come to the conclusion.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Attitude Humble Service
The challenge of co-operation in today’s age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Achievement Age Challenge God Love Principle
Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna’s heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Attract Heart Humility Knowledge Ornament
We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Life Listening Message Sober Suffering
By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Desire God Hear Heart Ourselves
Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility
RADHANATH SWAMI

Humility Knowledge Theory Touch
Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Attraction Determination Fierce God Ornament
Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Act Beyond Faith Intelligence Mindset Possible Religion See
Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Capacity Definition Forgiveness Love
Humility is the foundation by which love manifests.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Foundation Humility Love Manifestation
The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Greatness Influence Responsibility
I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Enjoyment Frustration God Learning Opportunity Suffering
The essence of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always think of Krsna, become His devotee, worship him and offer homage unto him.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Devotee Essence Offering Religious
Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Karma Suffering Understand Yourself
Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Life Service Spiritual
The more we are happy in Krishna Consciousness, the more we become purified.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Consciousness Happiness Purity
Unless we hear very strictly with great faith to the order of our Spiritual Master, we will not understand what is the mercy of Krishna and how it is coming upon us.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Hear Master Mercy Spiritual Strict Understand
A virtue which is divine is humility.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Divine Humility Virtue
If we see the body we live in as a temple used to engage in beautiful activities in the service of God’s children, then we recognize it as spiritual. But if we use our body for more selfish purposes, then we’re only experiencing its material conception.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Beautiful Body Children Concept Engage Experience God Live Material Purpose See Temple
We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Break Empowerment Essence Religion Seek
Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Humble Mistake Regret Wrong Yourself
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Attachment Body Compassionate Platform
You can not understand “Scripture” without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Devotee Master Scripture See Sight
Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Depression God Humility Intense Reality
The cause of so much suffering and pain and one of the impediments to our spiritual progress, is the conditioning of expecting things to go our way, even in our spiritual life.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Ourselves Pain Progress Spiritual Suffering Way

I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Radhanath Swami Quotes