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Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.

Radhanath Swami

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
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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Ego Impossible Limitation Strength Surrender Weakness Yourself
We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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Compassionate God Instrument Suffering
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
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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Language Mindset Myself Nature Observe Peace Talk
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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Ourselves Pain Progress Spiritual Suffering Way
Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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Name Nature Pollution Progress Sadness Water
When object of our anxiety is God, then that brings ecstacy.
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Anxiety God Happiness Object
If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.
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Feeling Heart Opportunity Ourselves Qualification Serve
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try World
Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.
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Compassionate Instrument Preach
Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one’s relationship with the spiritual master.
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Oneself Relationship Serve Sincerity
We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
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Life Listening Message Sober Suffering
The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.
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Captivity Life Mindset Serious Spiritual
The Ultimate expression of Humility comes when we control our senses.
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Control Expression Ourselves Ultimate
Do not offend devotees or even non-devotees. Because all those whom we know as devotees today were once not devotees.
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Devotee Known Offend

Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.

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