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In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.

Radhanath Swami

Bhakti is expressed through our service attitude.
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Attitude Expression Ourselves Religious Service
Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.
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Conscious Enjoyment Material
The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.
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Heart Humble Oneself Surrender Word
Renunciation means death of false ego.
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Death Ego Fake
In giving respect we can be very happy, because we can do it in all situations. When we expect respect we are miserable, because it is not that everyone in every situation will respect us.
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Happiness Misery Respect Situation
Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting.
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Holy Humility Name Ourselves Present Sincere
The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one’s devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee.
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Advance Devotion Greatness Humble Spiritual
Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
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Devotion Enthusiasm Life Service
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
Sometimes the Lord gives us a free sample of religious experience, but for more, we must pay a price with the currency of sincere dedication to the process of cleansing.
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Cleaning Experience Freedom Religious Time
To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; its based on what you want.
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Love Spiritual Yourself
We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
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Life Listening Message Sober Suffering
Any propensity other than love cannot exist in the spiritual world. There is unlimited variegatedness, but they are all extraordinarily wonderful ways of expressing love.
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Existence Expression Limitation Love Spiritual Wonderful
The cause of so much suffering and pain and one of the impediments to our spiritual progress, is the conditioning of expecting things to go our way, even in our spiritual life.
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Ourselves Pain Progress Spiritual Suffering Way
The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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Essence Freedom Life Properly Spiritual
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
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Attachment Body Compassionate Platform
We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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Compassionate God Instrument Suffering
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
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
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
Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna’s heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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Attract Heart Humility Knowledge Ornament
Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.
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Detachment God Need Offering
Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also.
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Karma Suffering Understand Yourself
Humility is practical application of knowledge.
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Application Humility Knowledge Practice
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
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value
To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.
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Creation Heart Life Purity Purpose

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