We can’t really digest food unless there’s hunger. So we can’t really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.
RADHANATH SWAMITo the degree we try to create peace around us, we will find peace within ourselves. And to the degree we find peace within ourselves, we will actually have the power to create peace around us.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn’t qualify.
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Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna’s heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve his instructions. Unless we humbly serve the instructions of the great soul, it is Krishna’s arrangement the He never reveals Himself.
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We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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Don’t let a breath escape from your body without Krishna’s name. That should be our determination throughout our life.
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A virtue which is divine is humility. A person who could do great things and still maintain humility of the heart, charity of the heart, goodness of the heart is a person who could actually make a difference in peoples lives in a very positive way.
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Application of humility is service.
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Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, “Guru Kripa”, it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.
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Renunciation doesn’t mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.
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By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.
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For a devotee death opens door for liberation but for a non-devotee death is end of everything.
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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.
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Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.
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What touches our hearts and impresses us deeper is sacrifice and humility, when we see someone accept the higher principle of cooperation, putting aside his/her own achievements.
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Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna.
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