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Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.

Radhanath Swami

Renunciation doesn’t mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.
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Give Up Heart Ourselves
Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna.
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Credit Give Up God Pride
“What a joke: Tiny living entities crawling on a little planet and are thinking, “I am Great”. “
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Greatness Live Value Worth
The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart.
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Heart Regret Truth
Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
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Arrogant Attraction God Humility
When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve his instructions. Unless we humbly serve the instructions of the great soul, it is Krishna’s arrangement the He never reveals Himself.
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Greatness Himself Instruction Master Reveal Serve Soul Spiritual Talk
We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.
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Greatness Imitation Path Principle Progress
When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.
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Responsibility Selfish Yourself
Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic.
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Beyond Faith God Intellectual Logic
If you are not being attacked by materialist, you must be doing something wrong
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Attack Material Wrong Yourself
The greatest leader is not someone who is the only leader. The greatest leader is one who inspires others to be leaders.
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Greatness Inspirational Leadership
What touches our hearts and impresses us deeper is sacrifice and humility, when we see someone accept the higher principle of cooperation, putting aside his/her own achievements.
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Acceptance Achievement Heart Himself Impression See Touch
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
Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Ego Illusion Strength Thinking
A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.
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Act Enthusiasm Service Sincere Soul
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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Compassion God Kindness Live Love Reality Religion
When object of our anxiety is God, then that brings ecstacy.
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Anxiety God Happiness Object
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
To be meek and humble means to have a service attitude towards God, the Vaisnavas, and all living beings. Unless we have that, our chanting will have minimal effect and many births may pass before we finally come to the conclusion.
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Attitude Humble Service
A devotee’s life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees.
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Faith Increase Religious
The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna
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Auspicious Close Ourselves Situation
Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.
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Awakening God Preach Reality Serve
Opportunities are always there for us to grow, opportunities are always there for us to come closer to each other & come closer to God; if we just look for them.
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Each Other God Growth Opportunity
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 cannot be attained, it is a gift.
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Attain Devotion Gift
The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility.
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Greatness Influence Responsibility
Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.
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Best Life Spiritual Success

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