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.
RADHANATH SWAMIEssence of humility is unity.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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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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Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also.
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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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We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
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When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.
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Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal.
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When one’s eyes are anointed with the salve of prema, spiritual love then we could see Vrindavan.
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If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.
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The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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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.
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The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God.
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Remembrance is a necessary expression of love, internally.
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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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Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna’s heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
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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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To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.
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Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.
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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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Real religion is not about being a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. Real religion is about loving God, & dedicating ones life to be an instrument of Gods compassion, kindness towards other living beings.
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Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic.
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Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude.
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Spirituality is revival of our God consciousness, not creating something new.
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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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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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