Spirituality is revival of our God consciousness, not creating something new.
RADHANATH SWAMIThe 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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When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.
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The only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it.
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Pure devotional service fries the seeds of material inclinations in our heart.
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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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A devotee’s life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees.
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Essence of humility is unity.
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I came to the conclusion that unless I found myself and became the change I wanted to see in the world – as Gandhi said – I couldn’t contribute much, nor would there be anything fulfilling or meaningful in my life. So I went on a spiritual search.
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I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn’t qualify.
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When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.
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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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Renunciation doesn’t mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.
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Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.
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Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere.
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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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Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.
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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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Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.
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Application of humility is service.
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Humility is practical application of knowledge.
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When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.
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Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
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Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
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To be in the association of those aspiring to love God is the ultimate gift of God.
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