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.
RADHANATH SWAMIThere is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
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When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.
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Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal.
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If someone takes responsibility without force, that is love.
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Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.
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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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Kali yuga is so much saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest of misunderstanding.
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Renunciation doesn’t mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.
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The more we are happy in Krishna Consciousness, the more we become purified.
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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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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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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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According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.
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The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna
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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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Essence of humility is unity.
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Speak the essence and live by it.
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Substance of Bhakti is Surrender and Humility.
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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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Taking responsibility of others means to be selfless. We have to put aside our own well being and desires as secondary and to think primarily of what is best for the persons who are looking up to us.
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Genuine spiritual movement should forgive and encourage.
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If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.
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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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“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.
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Lord’s love manifests in this world as compasssion.
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When we face difficulties and still remain faithful to Krishna and spiritual master we access the infinite mercy of their hearts.
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