What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect to God in that situation.
RADHANATH SWAMIFamiliarity leads to lack of Gratitude.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.
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We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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A great soul is called Saragrahi that means one who is always looking for the essence of every situation that comes before us.
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Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
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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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The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others.
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In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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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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When we recognize how precious and truly glorious we are, then we become humbled by that and recognize everyone’s true spiritual identity. And then our greatest joy is in sharing.
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In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits.
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An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.
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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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Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.
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Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
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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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“What a joke: Tiny living entities crawling on a little planet and are thinking, “I am Great”. “
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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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Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
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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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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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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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If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.
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Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.
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Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.
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