“I had Krishna and I have lost Him.” That is humility.
RADHANATH SWAMII 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.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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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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I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration.
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Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can.
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Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves.
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Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.
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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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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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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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Speak the essence and live by it.
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Do not offend devotees or even non-devotees. Because all those whom we know as devotees today were once not devotees.
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In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.
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When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.
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What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.
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The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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Renunciation means death of false ego.
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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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Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
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When one’s eyes are anointed with the salve of prema, spiritual love then we could see Vrindavan.
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A virtue which is divine is humility.
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When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.
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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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Theoretical knowledge can not touch heart without Humility
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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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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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Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.
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We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
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