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Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.

Radhanath Swami

Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic.
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Beyond Faith God Intellectual Logic
The diverse religions and races bring beauty to the world if we truly understand in our hearts the essence of who we are and what we stand for. And that really is the essence of spirituality.
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Diversity Religion Spirituality Stand Understand
Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.
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God Greatness Hands Instrument
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.
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Beautiful Body Children Concept Engage Experience God Live Material Purpose See Temple
According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.
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Himself Motivation Purpose Reveal Sincere
Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help peoples faith and not to disturb it.
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Disturb Faith Live People Reality Responsibility Speak
Compassion is an essential element of love.
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Compassion Element Essential Love
A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for.
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Gratitude Heart Select Yourself
Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting.
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Holy Humility Name Ourselves Present Sincere
Even if you want one drop of respect you have to take birth in this material world again.
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Born Material Respect Yourself
When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Heart Love Ourselves Willing
Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills.
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Language Mindset Myself Nature Observe Peace Talk
Renunciation doesn’t mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.
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Give Up Heart Ourselves
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try World
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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Environment Influence Leadership Life Religious Spiritual Vote
Things can give pleasure to the mind and senses, but only love can give pleasure to the heart. And ultimately, that is what we are looking for.
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Heart Love Mindset Pleasure

Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.

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Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.

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