Renunciation doesn’t mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.
RADHANATH SWAMIEven 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.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
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That is truth. In that truth, there is real happiness. And there is nothing that could disturb that happiness.
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The flip side of happiness is suffering.
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If we see the body we live in as a temple used to engage in beautiful activities in the service of God’s children, then we recognize it as spiritual. But if we use our body for more selfish purposes, then we’re only experiencing its material conception.
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The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.
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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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Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.
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A virtue which is divine is humility.
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When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.
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Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world.
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Compassion is an essential element of love.
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Speak the essence and live by it.
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We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration.
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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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Do not think that if you surrender to God you will be loser. You will not lose anything except bondage, frustration and suffering. That is all you will lose.
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The dirty wax of egotism accumulated in the heart prevents us from clearly hearing the Lord’s voice within. A guru, with the stick of knowledge, cleans our hearts. It’s really ugly to see what may come out, but by following patiently, we keep cleaning.
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Renunciation means death of false ego.
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When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities.
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The challenge of co-operation in today’s age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God.
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Remembrance is a necessary expression of love, internally.
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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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Opportunities are always there for us to grow, opportunities are always there for us to come closer to each other & come closer to God; if we just look for them.
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Responsibility means to perform our service properly,with proper attitude, behavior and words.
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If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.
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