Renunciation means death of false ego.
RADHANATH SWAMI
RADHANATH SWAMI
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Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami You can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going Back Home Back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami 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.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Opportunities are always there for us to grow, opportunities are always there for us to come closer to each other & come closer to God; if we just look for them.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami A devotee’s life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, “Guru Kripa”, it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami 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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Jay ShettyJay Shetty If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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