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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

Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Attachment Body Compassionate Platform
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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Greatness Himself Instruction Master Reveal Serve Soul Spiritual Talk
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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Bondage God Lose Surrender Thinking Willing Yourself
If we seek the essence of every situation, if we seek to connect to God within our hearts, then we will find an opportunity there, to grow internally in wisdom in every trial we face.
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Connection Essence Face God Opportunity Seek Situation Trial Wisdom
When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities.
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Acceptance Position Yourself
What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.
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Character God Intention Quality Spiritual
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.
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Enjoyment Frustration God Learning Opportunity Suffering
Humble people dont get Offended easily.
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Easy Humble Offend People
There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us.
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Act Love Ourselves People Responsibility Trust
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.
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Attitude Humble Service
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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Ourselves Pain Progress Spiritual Suffering Way
Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
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Depression God Humility Intense Reality
The dirty wax of egotism accumulated in the heart prevents us from clearly hearing the Lord’s voice within. A guru, with the stick of knowledge, cleans our hearts. It’s really ugly to see what may come out, but by following patiently, we keep cleaning.
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Cleaning Ego Follow God Heart Patience Voice
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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Body Breathe Determination Escape Life Name Yourself
Any propensity other than love cannot exist in the spiritual world. There is unlimited variegatedness, but they are all extraordinarily wonderful ways of expressing love.
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Existence Expression Limitation Love Spiritual Wonderful
Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility
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Humility Knowledge Theory Touch

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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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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