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Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.

Radhanath Swami

Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.
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Humble Prayer Religious
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
When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.
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Consciousness Honor Respect Tolerate Yourself
When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love’s conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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God Love Manifestation Purity Soul Source
To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.
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Community Humility Need Nourish Protection
“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.
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God Humility Lost Myself
When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Heart Love Ourselves Willing
The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation.
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Creation Glory Joy Soul
We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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Compassionate God Instrument Suffering
Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.
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Absorb Consciousness Performance Simplicity
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
An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.
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Athlete Face Ourselves Resistance Strength Struggle
Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal.
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Achievement Attitude Consciousness Goal Humble Life Service
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
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
Things can give pleasure to the mind and senses, but only love can give pleasure to the heart. And ultimately, that is what we are looking for.
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Heart Love Mindset Pleasure
Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.
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Carry Heart heavy Himself
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
Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help peoples faith and not to disturb it.
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Disturb Faith Live People Reality Responsibility Speak
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
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
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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Change Finding Fulfill Life Meaning Search Spiritual
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
Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
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Honest Humility Truth
Essence of humility is unity.
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Essence Humility Unity
Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.
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Compassion Desire Fulfill Heart Selfish
Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility
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Humility Knowledge Theory Touch

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