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Real problem is not population explosion, but what the population is doing.

Radhanath Swami

To the degree we try to create peace around us, we will find peace within ourselves. And to the degree we find peace within ourselves, we will actually have the power to create peace around us.
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Creation Degree Ourselves Peace Power
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
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
Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
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Compassionate Mindset Reality Soul
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
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
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try World
Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.
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Action Mindset Principle Tolerance Word
We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
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Life Listening Message Sober Suffering
Death is not big thing, what is important is God’s service.
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Death God Important Service
When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.
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Attachment Honor
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
The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation.
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Creation Glory Joy Soul
Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Ego Illusion Strength Thinking
Essence of humility is unity.
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Essence Humility Unity
A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.
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Act Enthusiasm Service Sincere Soul
The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.
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Captivity Life Mindset Serious Spiritual
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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Devotee Essence Offering Religious
To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.
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Creation Heart Life Purity Purpose
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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Cleaning Ego Follow God Heart Patience Voice
When object of our anxiety is God, then that brings ecstacy.
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Anxiety God Happiness Object
The more we are happy in Krishna Consciousness, the more we become purified.
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Consciousness Happiness Purity
For a devotee death opens door for liberation but for a non-devotee death is end of everything.
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Death Devotee End Liberty Open
What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.
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Character God Intention Quality Spiritual
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
Real religion is not about being a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. Real religion is about loving God, & dedicating ones life to be an instrument of Gods compassion, kindness towards other living beings.
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Compassion God Kindness Live Love Reality Religion
Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.
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Devotional Heart Humility Service

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