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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

According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.
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Himself Motivation Purpose Reveal Sincere
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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Connection Essence Face God Opportunity Seek Situation Trial Wisdom
By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.
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Desire God Hear Heart Ourselves
What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect to God in that situation.
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Appearance Blessing Connect Curse God Simplicity Situation
Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna.
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Credit Give Up God Pride
The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.
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Captivity Life Mindset Serious Spiritual
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
Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
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Deep Freedom Life
Speak the essence and live by it.
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Essence Live Talk
Renunciation means death of false ego.
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Death Ego Fake
An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.
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Athlete Face Ourselves Resistance Strength Struggle
Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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Name Nature Pollution Progress Sadness Water
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value
The more we are happy in Krishna Consciousness, the more we become purified.
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Consciousness Happiness Purity
What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.
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Character God Intention Quality Spiritual
Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.
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Devotee Impression Poverty Way
Things can give pleasure to the mind and senses, but only love can give pleasure to the heart. And ultimately, that is what we are looking for.
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Heart Love Mindset Pleasure
In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization.
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Atmosphere Civilization Standard
When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.
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Consciousness Honor Respect Tolerate Yourself
Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.
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Bhakti Humility Separate Sweet
Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
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Honest Humility Truth
Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.
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Greatness Power Properly Responsibility
To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; its based on what you want.
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Love Spiritual 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
Any propensity other than love cannot exist in the spiritual world. There is unlimited variegatedness, but they are all extraordinarily wonderful ways of expressing love.
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Existence Expression Limitation Love Spiritual Wonderful
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
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

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