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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.

Radhanath Swami

Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.
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Devotional Heart Humility Service
Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
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Arrogant Attraction God Humility
When one’s eyes are anointed with the salve of prema, spiritual love then we could see Vrindavan.
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Eyes Love See Slave Spiritual
Taking responsibility of others means to be selfless. We have to put aside our own well being and desires as secondary and to think primarily of what is best for the persons who are looking up to us.
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Desire Person Responsibility Thinking
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value
Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.
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Environment Influence Leadership Life Religious Spiritual Vote
I just didn’t know where I fit in – I didn’t seem to fit in my parent’s generation. I didn’t seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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Fulfill Generation Meaning Parents Search Spiritual Understand
Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.
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Gratitude Humility
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
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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Beginning Consciousness Control Essence Mindset Suffering Tragedy Worst
We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.
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Break Empowerment Essence Religion Seek
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
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
Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
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Honest Humility Truth
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
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

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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