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.
RADHANATH SWAMIThe more you feel you are fallen; the more you fall in love with God.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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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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Out of all the opulences of a living entity its humility which pleases Krishna. Other opulences can also please Krishna if offered with humility.
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I just didn’t know where I fit in – I didn’t seem to fit in my parent’s generation. I didn’t seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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Death is not big thing, what is important is God’s service.
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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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If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.
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Remembrance is a necessary expression of love, internally.
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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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A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for.
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In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others.
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Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the 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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Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances.
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To measure whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down.
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The flip side of happiness is suffering.
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Sometimes the Lord gives us a free sample of religious experience, but for more, we must pay a price with the currency of sincere dedication to the process of cleansing.
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There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.
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Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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If you do some wonderful service and if you tell people what you did in a boastful way, it nullifies the credit of your service, may not be in the eternal platform, but in your conscious condition you will not be able to reap the benefits of that service.
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Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.
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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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The Ultimate expression of Humility comes when we control our senses.
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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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