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What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect to God in that situation.

Radhanath Swami

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
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
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
A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for.
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Gratitude Heart Select Yourself
Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.
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Absorb Consciousness Performance Simplicity
According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.
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Himself Motivation Purpose Reveal Sincere
Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Ego Illusion Strength Thinking
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
The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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Essence Freedom Life Properly Spiritual
What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect to God in that situation.
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Appearance Blessing Connect Curse God Simplicity Situation
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
A devotee’s life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees.
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Faith Increase Religious
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
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try World
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value
When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve his instructions. Unless we humbly serve the instructions of the great soul, it is Krishna’s arrangement the He never reveals Himself.
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Greatness Himself Instruction Master Reveal Serve Soul Spiritual Talk
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
Even if you want one drop of respect you have to take birth in this material world again.
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Born Material Respect Yourself
Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills.
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Language Mindset Myself Nature Observe Peace Talk
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
We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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Earth Honor Spirituality
Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
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Deep Freedom Life
Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude.
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Gratitude Leadership
To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.
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Community Humility Need Nourish Protection
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
Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one’s relationship with the spiritual master.
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Oneself Relationship Serve Sincerity
The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility.
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Greatness Influence Responsibility

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