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Out of all the opulences of a living entity its humility which pleases Krishna. Other opulences can also please Krishna if offered with humility.

Radhanath Swami

If we do the right thing with right intent that is actually our success.
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Intention Ourselves Right Success
The more you feel you are fallen; the more you fall in love with God.
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Fall Fall In Love God Feeling Yourself
The flip side of happiness is suffering.
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Happiness Suffering
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
Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.
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Attraction Determination Fierce God Ornament
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
Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, “Guru Kripa”, it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.
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Acceptance Bondage Destiny Karma
Essence of humility is unity.
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Essence Humility Unity
Genuine spiritual movement should forgive and encourage.
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Encouragement Forgiveness Movement Spiritual
To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.
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Community Humility Need Nourish Protection
Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.
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Capacity Definition Forgiveness Love
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 most transformative and gentle humility and pride. But they transform in opposite ways.
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Gentle Humility Pride Transformation Way
Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
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Deep Freedom Life
Humility is the foundation by which love manifests.
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Foundation Humility Love Manifestation
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
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Condition Lose Nature Understand Value
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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Enjoyment Frustration Suffering World
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
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
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
We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna’s message.
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Life Listening Message Sober Suffering
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try World
Why are we not tasting the bliss of Bhakti? Because we are taking shelter of stone boats. We are sinking and drowning in Maya & still we are further taking shelter of stone boats and this can go on life after life.
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Bliss Devotion Drowning Life Stone Taste
To be in the association of those aspiring to love God is the ultimate gift of God.
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Aspiration Association Gift God Ultimate
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
Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.
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Greatness Power Properly Responsibility

Out of all the opulences of a living entity its humility which pleases Krishna. Other opulences can also please Krishna if offered with humility.

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