Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills.
RADHANATH SWAMIJapa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.
More Radhanath Swami Quotes
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You can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going Back Home Back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only.
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Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.
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Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
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If we seek the essence of every situation, if we seek to connect to God within our hearts, then we will find an opportunity there, to grow internally in wisdom in every trial we face.
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If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.
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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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I 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.
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Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.
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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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A devotee’s life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees.
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The only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it.
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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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Do not think that if you surrender to God you will be loser. You will not lose anything except bondage, frustration and suffering. That is all you will lose.
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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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Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.
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