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If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.

Radhanath Swami

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.
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Happiness Misery Respect Situation
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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Enjoyment Frustration God Learning Opportunity Suffering
We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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Earth Honor Spirituality
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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Achievement Attitude Consciousness Goal Humble Life Service
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.
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Bliss Devotion Drowning Life Stone Taste
You can not understand “Scripture” without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
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Devotee Master Scripture See Sight
Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Ego Illusion Strength Thinking
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
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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Advance Devotion Greatness Humble Spiritual
In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them.
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Focus Ourselves Relationship Transcend
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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Interest Movement Myself Qualification
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
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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Heart Humble Oneself Surrender Word
In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits.
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Duration Food Habit Life
When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.
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Attachment Honor
Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one’s relationship with the spiritual master.
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Oneself Relationship Serve Sincerity

If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.

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