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.
RADHANATH SWAMIDetachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Love is not enjoyment. Love is being enjoyed.
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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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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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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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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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Regret or remorse of the wrong we have done should be in a positive spirit of changing, turning towards God with humility.
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Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.
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To the degree we try to create peace around us, we will find peace within ourselves. And to the degree we find peace within ourselves, we will actually have the power to create peace around us.
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In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude.
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The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation.
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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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That is truth. In that truth, there is real happiness. And there is nothing that could disturb that happiness.
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If we do the right thing with right intent that is actually our success.
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I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn’t qualify.
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