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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.

Radhanath Swami

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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Achievement Age Challenge God Love Principle
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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Desire Person Responsibility Thinking
Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
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Compassionate Mindset Reality Soul
Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.
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Humble Prayer Religious
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
Speak the essence and live by it.
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Essence Live Talk
The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation.
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Creation Glory Joy Soul
If we do the right thing with right intent that is actually our success.
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Intention Ourselves Right Success
When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Heart Love Ourselves Willing
Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
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Act Beyond Faith Intelligence Mindset Possible Religion See
Death is not big thing, what is important is God’s service.
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Death God Important Service
Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.
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Greatness Power Properly Responsibility
Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere.
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Condition Humble Life Perfection Sincere
Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God.
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God Humility Love
Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna’s heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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Attract Heart Humility Knowledge Ornament
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
Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic.
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Beyond Faith God Intellectual Logic
Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.
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Attraction Determination Fierce God Ornament
Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.
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Awakening God Preach Reality Serve
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
Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.
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Bhakti Humility Separate Sweet
Kali yuga is so much saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest of misunderstanding.
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Fight Habit Understand Vice
The essence of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always think of Krsna, become His devotee, worship him and offer homage unto him.
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Devotee Essence Offering Religious
Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.
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Gratitude Humility
The dirty wax of egotism accumulated in the heart prevents us from clearly hearing the Lord’s voice within. A guru, with the stick of knowledge, cleans our hearts. It’s really ugly to see what may come out, but by following patiently, we keep cleaning.
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Cleaning Ego Follow God Heart Patience Voice
If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.
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Desire God Miracle Obstacle Power Strong
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

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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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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