“What a joke: Tiny living entities crawling on a little planet and are thinking, “I am Great”. “
RADHANATH SWAMIMother 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.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Things can give pleasure to the mind and senses, but only love can give pleasure to the heart. And ultimately, that is what we are looking for.
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Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere.
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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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A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for.
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Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
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Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal.
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Bhakti is expressed through our service attitude.
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The worst tragedy is that this uncontrolled mind steals our consciousness away from Krishna and that is the beginning, the essence of all suffering.
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Application of humility is service.
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The essence of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always think of Krsna, become His devotee, worship him and offer homage unto him.
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Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.
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To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; its based on what you want.
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To be in the association of those aspiring to love God is the ultimate gift of God.
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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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You can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going Back Home Back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only.
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