Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.
GAUR GOPAL DASYou need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
More Gaur Gopal Das Quotes
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To accept someone when everything is going right is easy. But when things are falling apart around you and you stick together, that’s the test of a relationship. Love is when we have every reason to break up but we do not.
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This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.
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Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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As a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.
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Our relationships are stronger when they contain a spiritual component. There are three different ways to become good friends with someone.
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Having a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
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Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves.
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You need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
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