Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
RADHANATH SWAMII 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.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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Unless we hear very strictly with great faith to the order of our Spiritual Master, we will not understand what is the mercy of Krishna and how it is coming upon us.
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Compassion is an essential element of love.
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Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.
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Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.
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Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.
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Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
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The flip side of happiness is suffering.
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Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.
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“What a joke: Tiny living entities crawling on a little planet and are thinking, “I am Great”. “
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Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.
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Real religion is not about being a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. Real religion is about loving God, & dedicating ones life to be an instrument of Gods compassion, kindness towards other living beings.
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Love is not enjoyment. Love is being enjoyed.
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Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.
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Speak the essence and live by it.
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There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.
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