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.
RADHANATH SWAMIDefinition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Compassion is an essential element of love.
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If you are not being attacked by materialist, you must be doing something wrong
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A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.
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Unless we hear very strictly with great faith to the order of our Spiritual Master, we will not understand what is the mercy of Krishna and how it is coming upon us.
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I came to the conclusion that unless I found myself and became the change I wanted to see in the world – as Gandhi said – I couldn’t contribute much, nor would there be anything fulfilling or meaningful in my life. So I went on a spiritual search.
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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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Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility
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Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude.
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Humility is practical application of knowledge.
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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.
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Death is not big thing, what is important is God’s service.
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In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.
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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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Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.
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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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