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In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits.

Radhanath Swami

You can not understand “Scripture” without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
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Devotee Master Scripture See Sight
The dirty wax of egotism accumulated in the heart prevents us from clearly hearing the Lord’s voice within. A guru, with the stick of knowledge, cleans our hearts. It’s really ugly to see what may come out, but by following patiently, we keep cleaning.
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Cleaning Ego Follow God Heart Patience Voice
In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization.
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Atmosphere Civilization Standard
Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.
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Awakening God Preach Reality Serve
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
In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.
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Deep Pain Pleasure Source World
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.
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Language Mindset Myself Nature Observe Peace Talk
The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart.
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Heart Regret Truth
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 only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it.
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Better Place Transcend Way World
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
Love is not enjoyment. Love is being enjoyed.
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Deep Enjoyment Love
Unless we hear very strictly with great faith to the order of our Spiritual Master, we will not understand what is the mercy of Krishna and how it is coming upon us.
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Hear Master Mercy Spiritual Strict Understand
Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.
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Greatness Power Properly Responsibility
We must be instruments of God’s compassion to those who are suffering.
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Compassionate God Instrument Suffering
Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.
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Conscious Enjoyment Material
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
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
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Attachment Body Compassionate Platform
Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also.
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Karma Suffering Understand Yourself
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
Death is not big thing, what is important is God’s service.
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Death God Important Service
Do not offend devotees or even non-devotees. Because all those whom we know as devotees today were once not devotees.
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Devotee Known Offend
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
Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
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Compassionate Mindset Reality Soul
Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.
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God Greatness Hands Instrument
The diverse religions and races bring beauty to the world if we truly understand in our hearts the essence of who we are and what we stand for. And that really is the essence of spirituality.
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Diversity Religion Spirituality Stand Understand
Genuine spiritual movement should forgive and encourage.
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Encouragement Forgiveness Movement Spiritual

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