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“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.

Radhanath Swami

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
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
We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.
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Greatness Imitation Path Principle Progress
Humility is the foundation by which love manifests.
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Foundation Humility Love Manifestation
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
The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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Essence Freedom Life Properly Spiritual
When object of our anxiety is God, then that brings ecstacy.
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Anxiety God Happiness Object
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
The worst tragedy is that this uncontrolled mind steals our consciousness away from Krishna and that is the beginning, the essence of all suffering.
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Beginning Consciousness Control Essence Mindset Suffering Tragedy Worst
The Ultimate expression of Humility comes when we control our senses.
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Control Expression Ourselves Ultimate
Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.
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Character Development Philosophy Spirituality
Renunciation means death of false ego.
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Death Ego Fake
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
Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.
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Environment Influence Leadership Life Religious Spiritual Vote
Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God.
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God Humility Love
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value

“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.

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“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.

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