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Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.

Radhanath Swami

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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Beginning Consciousness Control Essence Mindset Suffering Tragedy Worst
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value
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
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
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
When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love’s conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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God Love Manifestation Purity Soul Source
Love is not enjoyment. Love is being enjoyed.
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Deep Enjoyment Love
The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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Essence Genuine God Religion True
Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.
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Environment Influence Leadership Life Religious Spiritual Vote
The challenge of co-operation in today’s age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God.
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Achievement Age Challenge God Love Principle
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
Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.
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Compassion Performance Quality Sacrifice
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
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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Focus Ourselves Relationship Transcend
Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.
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Essence God Love Nature Ourselves Purity
That is truth. In that truth, there is real happiness. And there is nothing that could disturb that happiness.
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Disturb Happiness Reality Truth

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