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Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.

Radhanath Swami

To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.
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Creation Heart Life Purity Purpose
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
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value
Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Ego Illusion Strength Thinking
Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.
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Devotee Impression Poverty Way
You can not understand “Scripture” without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
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Devotee Master Scripture See Sight
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.
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Essence God Love Nature Ourselves Purity
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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Glory Greatness Humble Joy Precious Recognition Share True
When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love’s conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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God Love Manifestation Purity Soul Source
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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Body Consciousness Harmony Interest Mindset Purpose World
To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.
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Community Humility Need Nourish Protection
We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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Compassionate God Instrument Suffering
When we face difficulties and still remain faithful to Krishna and spiritual master we access the infinite mercy of their hearts.
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Difficult Face Faith Heart Master Mercy Spiritual
Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.
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Humble Prayer Religious
Humility is practical application of knowledge.
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Application Humility Knowledge Practice
When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Heart Love Ourselves Willing

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