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Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.

Radhanath Swami

Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
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Compassionate Mindset Reality Soul
Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.
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Life Service Spiritual
To be in the association of those aspiring to love God is the ultimate gift of God.
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Aspiration Association Gift God Ultimate
Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Ego Illusion Strength Thinking
The essence of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always think of Krsna, become His devotee, worship him and offer homage unto him.
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Devotee Essence Offering Religious
When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.
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Ego Impossible Limitation Strength Surrender Weakness Yourself
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
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
The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart.
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Heart Regret Truth
If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool.
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Fools Humility Praise
If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.
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Feeling Heart Opportunity Ourselves Qualification Serve
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
The challenge of co-operation in today’s age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God.
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Achievement Age Challenge God Love Principle
Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.
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Conscious Enjoyment Material
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
When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Heart Love Ourselves Willing
To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.
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Community Humility Need Nourish Protection
Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves.
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God Humble
Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
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Depression God Humility Intense Reality
If you are not being attacked by materialist, you must be doing something wrong
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Attack Material Wrong Yourself
Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one’s relationship with the spiritual master.
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Oneself Relationship Serve Sincerity
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
Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude.
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Gratitude Leadership
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
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
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
There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us.
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Act Love Ourselves People Responsibility Trust

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