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Renunciation means death of false ego.

Radhanath Swami

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
If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.
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Enjoyment Frustration Suffering World
The more we are happy in Krishna Consciousness, the more we become purified.
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Consciousness Happiness Purity
Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also.
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Karma Suffering Understand Yourself
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.
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Acceptance Bondage Destiny Karma
Even if you want one drop of respect you have to take birth in this material world again.
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Born Material Respect Yourself
Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
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Deep Freedom Life
Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.
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Compassionate Instrument Preach
If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool.
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Fools Humility Praise
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
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
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
Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.
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Humble Mistake Regret Wrong Yourself
If someone takes responsibility without force, that is love.
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Force Love Responsibility
If you do some wonderful service and if you tell people what you did in a boastful way, it nullifies the credit of your service, may not be in the eternal platform, but in your conscious condition you will not be able to reap the benefits of that service.
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Conscious Forever People Platform Service Wonderful
A great soul is called Saragrahi that means one who is always looking for the essence of every situation that comes before us.
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Essence Greatness Situation Soul
The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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Essence Freedom Life Properly Spiritual
I just didn’t know where I fit in – I didn’t seem to fit in my parent’s generation. I didn’t seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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Fulfill Generation Meaning Parents Search Spiritual Understand
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
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
When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love’s conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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God Love Manifestation Purity Soul Source
If we see the body we live in as a temple used to engage in beautiful activities in the service of God’s children, then we recognize it as spiritual. But if we use our body for more selfish purposes, then we’re only experiencing its material conception.
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Beautiful Body Children Concept Engage Experience God Live Material Purpose See Temple
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
An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.
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Athlete Face Ourselves Resistance Strength Struggle
Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.
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Character Development Philosophy Spirituality
Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
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Honest Humility Truth
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

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