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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.

Radhanath Swami

We can’t really digest food unless there’s hunger. So we can’t really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.
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Feeling Food Hungry Need Wisdom
A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.
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Act Enthusiasm Service Sincere Soul
Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.
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Goodness Negative Positive Pride
The more we are happy in Krishna Consciousness, the more we become purified.
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Consciousness Happiness Purity
To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.
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Community Humility Need Nourish Protection
Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere.
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Condition Humble Life Perfection Sincere
In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization.
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Atmosphere Civilization Standard
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
Don’t let a breath escape from your body without Krishna’s name. That should be our determination throughout our life.
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Body Breathe Determination Escape Life Name Yourself
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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Compassion God Kindness Live Love Reality Religion
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
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
When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve his instructions. Unless we humbly serve the instructions of the great soul, it is Krishna’s arrangement the He never reveals Himself.
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Greatness Himself Instruction Master Reveal Serve Soul Spiritual Talk
Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
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Act Beyond Faith Intelligence Mindset Possible Religion See
Pure devotional service fries the seeds of material inclinations in our heart.
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Devotional Heart Material Ourselves Service
According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.
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Himself Motivation Purpose Reveal Sincere
Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.
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Action Mindset Principle Tolerance Word
The more you feel you are fallen; the more you fall in love with God.
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Fall Fall In Love God Feeling Yourself
Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
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Deep Freedom Life
If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.
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Desire God Miracle Obstacle Power Strong
In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them.
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Focus Ourselves Relationship Transcend
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
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
“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.
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God Humility Lost Myself
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.
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Essence God Love Nature Ourselves Purity
Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.
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Compassion Performance Quality Sacrifice
In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.
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Deep Pain Pleasure Source World

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