Love is not enjoyment. Love is being enjoyed.
RADHANATH SWAMIThe word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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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.
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COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others.
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Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.
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Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude.
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When we recognize how precious and truly glorious we are, then we become humbled by that and recognize everyone’s true spiritual identity. And then our greatest joy is in sharing.
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Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
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Renunciation means death of false ego.
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Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.
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If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.
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The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart.
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In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them.
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To 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.
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We should be in harmony with our own consciousness; our mind, body, and soul should be one in interest and in purpose. And in that unified condition, we can actually express that natural innate love that we have found in our own life in everything we do in the world.
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In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.
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Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.
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The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one’s devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee.
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The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility.
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When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.
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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.
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Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.
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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.
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Do not think that if you surrender to God you will be loser. You will not lose anything except bondage, frustration and suffering. That is all you will lose.
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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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Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.
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“What a joke: Tiny living entities crawling on a little planet and are thinking, “I am Great”. “
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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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