What great men do, common men follow.
GAUR GOPAL DASWe can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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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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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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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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Think: Is this in my control? If yes, you can do something about it. If no, then you cannot do anything about it. Therefore, in both circumstances, why worry?
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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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Behind the smiles, everyone is going through personal struggles we know nothing about.
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We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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Stop and reflect on your life regularly. Pressing the pause button to practise gratitude is the way to make it a constant in your life.
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People who meditate develop a habit of practicing sincere gratitude which helps them in all their relationships. It is a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.
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Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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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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To find your purpose in life, you must go on a journey of self-discovery.
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One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
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Live your life in such a way that those who know you but don’t know God will come to know God because they know you.
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If someone chooses what they love to do, there is no stress in their life. As they say, If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.
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Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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It is strange that sword and words have the same letters. Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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Meditation is like a plane: It first takes you high, then far away and then further away imperceptibly.
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Forgiveness is a complex concept. We must understand it thoroughly to be able to internalize it.
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The first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
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We must find positivity in the bleakest situations and live by the principle of gratitude
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The eyes are the window to the soul,
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