In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
RADHANATH SWAMIWe can’t really digest food unless there’s hunger. So we can’t really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
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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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If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.
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Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
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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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Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves.
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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 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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In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization.
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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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Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.
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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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Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility
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Unless we hear very strictly with great faith to the order of our Spiritual Master, we will not understand what is the mercy of Krishna and how it is coming upon us.
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Real problem is not population explosion, but what the population is doing.
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The most transformative and gentle humility and pride. But they transform in opposite ways.
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You can not understand “Scripture” without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
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Renunciation means death of false ego.
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The flip side of happiness is suffering.
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Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can.
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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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Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help peoples faith and not to disturb it.
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When object of our anxiety is God, then that brings ecstacy.
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Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
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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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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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