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If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.

Radhanath Swami

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
Death is not big thing, what is important is God’s service.
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Death God Important Service
“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
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
When one’s eyes are anointed with the salve of prema, spiritual love then we could see Vrindavan.
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Eyes Love See Slave Spiritual
When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities.
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Acceptance Position Yourself
I came to the conclusion that unless I found myself and became the change I wanted to see in the world – as Gandhi said – I couldn’t contribute much, nor would there be anything fulfilling or meaningful in my life. So I went on a spiritual search.
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Change Finding Fulfill Life Meaning Search Spiritual
The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna
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Auspicious Close Ourselves Situation
We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.
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Break Empowerment Essence Religion Seek
When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.
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Attachment Honor
Speak the essence and live by it.
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Essence Live Talk
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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Bondage God Lose Surrender Thinking Willing Yourself
We can’t really digest food unless there’s hunger. So we can’t really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.
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Feeling Food Hungry Need Wisdom
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
Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.
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Humble Prayer Religious
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 there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.

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If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.

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