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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.

Radhanath Swami

An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.
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Athlete Face Ourselves Resistance Strength Struggle
Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.
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Humble Mistake Regret Wrong Yourself
I came to the conclusion that unless I found myself and became the change I wanted to see in the world – as Gandhi said – I couldn’t contribute much, nor would there be anything fulfilling or meaningful in my life. So I went on a spiritual search.
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Change Finding Fulfill Life Meaning Search Spiritual
The only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it.
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Better Place Transcend Way World
A great soul is called Saragrahi that means one who is always looking for the essence of every situation that comes before us.
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Essence Greatness Situation Soul
Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world.
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Crying Forever God Temporary World
Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
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Arrogant Attraction God Humility
Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.
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Bhakti Humility Separate Sweet
The diverse religions and races bring beauty to the world if we truly understand in our hearts the essence of who we are and what we stand for. And that really is the essence of spirituality.
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Diversity Religion Spirituality Stand Understand
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.
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Essence God Love Nature Ourselves Purity
You can not understand “Scripture” without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
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Devotee Master Scripture See Sight
I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn’t qualify.
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Interest Movement Myself Qualification
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
In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them.
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Focus Ourselves Relationship Transcend
Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.
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Conscious Enjoyment Material
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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Love Spiritual Yourself

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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