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When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.

Radhanath Swami

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
Pure devotional service fries the seeds of material inclinations in our heart.
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Devotional Heart Material Ourselves Service
Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
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Arrogant Attraction God Humility
Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
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Carry Heart heavy Himself
The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna
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Auspicious Close Ourselves Situation
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
We should be in harmony with our own consciousness; our mind, body, and soul should be one in interest and in purpose. And in that unified condition, we can actually express that natural innate love that we have found in our own life in everything we do in the world.
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Body Consciousness Harmony Interest Mindset Purpose World
Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances.
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Character Circumstance Development Growth Humility Reality Religion
Kali yuga is so much saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest of misunderstanding.
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Fight Habit Understand Vice
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
A virtue which is divine is humility. A person who could do great things and still maintain humility of the heart, charity of the heart, goodness of the heart is a person who could actually make a difference in peoples lives in a very positive way.
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Divine Heart Humility Live People Positive Virtue Way
In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization.
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Atmosphere Civilization Standard
If someone takes responsibility without force, that is love.
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Force Love Responsibility
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
In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.
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Deep Pain Pleasure Source World
Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
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Depression God Humility Intense Reality
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
Even 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.
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Humble Mistake Regret Wrong Yourself
Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting.
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Holy Humility Name Ourselves Present Sincere
When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Heart Love Ourselves Willing
To measure whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down.
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Depression Humility Measurement Spirituality
The cause of so much suffering and pain and one of the impediments to our spiritual progress, is the conditioning of expecting things to go our way, even in our spiritual life.
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Ourselves Pain Progress Spiritual Suffering Way
Responsibility means to perform our service properly,with proper attitude, behavior and words.
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Performance Responsibility Word
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
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
Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.
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Devotee Impression Poverty Way
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

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