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Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.

Radhanath Swami

Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances.
RADHANATH SWAMI

Character Circumstance Development Growth Humility Reality Religion
We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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Compassionate God Instrument Suffering
Do not think that if you surrender to God you will be loser. You will not lose anything except bondage, frustration and suffering. That is all you will lose.
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Bondage God Lose Surrender Thinking Willing Yourself
Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world.
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Crying Forever God Temporary World
Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.
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Devotional Heart Humility Service
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
The greatest leader is not someone who is the only leader. The greatest leader is one who inspires others to be leaders.
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Greatness Inspirational Leadership
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
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
There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.
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Desire Fake Humble Humility Practice
Why are we not tasting the bliss of Bhakti? Because we are taking shelter of stone boats. We are sinking and drowning in Maya & still we are further taking shelter of stone boats and this can go on life after life.
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Bliss Devotion Drowning Life Stone Taste
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
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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Devotee Known Offend
In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits.
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Duration Food Habit Life
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try World
A virtue which is divine is humility.
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Divine Humility Virtue

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