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A virtue which is divine is humility.

Radhanath Swami

Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.
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Attraction Determination Fierce God Ornament
Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
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Devotion Enthusiasm Life Service
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
If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.
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Activity Leadership Sin Standard Strict
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
We can’t really digest food unless there’s hunger. So we can’t really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.
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Feeling Food Hungry Need Wisdom
By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.
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Desire God Hear Heart Ourselves
Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can.
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Dance Meditation Therapy Togetherness
If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.
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Desire God Miracle Obstacle Power Strong
If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.
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Enjoyment Frustration Suffering World
The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility.
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Greatness Influence Responsibility
If you do some wonderful service and if you tell people what you did in a boastful way, it nullifies the credit of your service, may not be in the eternal platform, but in your conscious condition you will not be able to reap the benefits of that service.
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Conscious Forever People Platform Service Wonderful
Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility
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Humility Knowledge Theory Touch
Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
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Deep Freedom Life
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
Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
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Act Beyond Faith Intelligence Mindset Possible Religion See
When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities.
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Acceptance Position Yourself
Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.
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Goodness Negative Positive Pride
Lord’s love manifests in this world as compasssion.
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Compassionate Love Manifestation World
When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.
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Responsibility Selfish Yourself
Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.
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Awakening God Preach Reality Serve
Regret or remorse of the wrong we have done should be in a positive spirit of changing, turning towards God with humility.
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Change God Humility Positive Regret Wrong
Spirituality is revival of our God consciousness, not creating something new.
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Consciousness Creation God Spirituality
Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.
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Compassion Desire Fulfill Heart Selfish
Kali yuga is so much saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest of misunderstanding.
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Fight Habit Understand Vice
Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna.
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Credit Give Up God Pride
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

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