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The only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it.

Radhanath Swami

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
Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
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Carry Heart heavy Himself
Real problem is not population explosion, but what the population is doing.
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Population Problem Reality
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
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
Responsibility means to perform our service properly,with proper attitude, behavior and words.
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Performance Responsibility Word
Renunciation means death of false ego.
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Death Ego Fake
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
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
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
“What a joke: Tiny living entities crawling on a little planet and are thinking, “I am Great”. “
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Greatness Live Value Worth
Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna.
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Credit Give Up God Pride
Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
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Devotion Enthusiasm Life Service
The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God.
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Attachment Complete God Perfection Yoga
Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.
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Awakening God Preach Reality Serve
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
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
Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.
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Detachment God Need Offering
Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.
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Greatness Power Properly Responsibility
If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool.
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Fools Humility Praise
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
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
Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.
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Gratitude Humility
The diverse religions and races bring beauty to the world if we truly understand in our hearts the essence of who we are and what we stand for. And that really is the essence of spirituality.
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Diversity Religion Spirituality Stand Understand
Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.
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Best Life Spiritual Success
Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
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Honest Humility Truth
What touches our hearts and impresses us deeper is sacrifice and humility, when we see someone accept the higher principle of cooperation, putting aside his/her own achievements.
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Acceptance Achievement Heart Himself Impression See Touch

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