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The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God.

Radhanath Swami

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 think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all fellow devotees going Back Home Back to Godhead, while you remain in this material world only.
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Greatness Home Material Thinking World
We should be in harmony with our own consciousness; our mind, body, and soul should be one in interest and in purpose. And in that unified condition, we can actually express that natural innate love that we have found in our own life in everything we do in the world.
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Body Consciousness Harmony Interest Mindset Purpose World
Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.
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Awakening God Preach Reality Serve
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
If you do some wonderful service and if you tell people what you did in a boastful way, it nullifies the credit of your service, may not be in the eternal platform, but in your conscious condition you will not be able to reap the benefits of that service.
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Conscious Forever People Platform Service Wonderful
Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.
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Devotional Heart Humility Service
Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves.
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God Humble
To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.
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Creation Heart Life Purity Purpose
Lord’s love manifests in this world as compasssion.
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Compassionate Love Manifestation World
If someone takes responsibility without force, that is love.
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Force Love Responsibility
When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve his instructions. Unless we humbly serve the instructions of the great soul, it is Krishna’s arrangement the He never reveals Himself.
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Greatness Himself Instruction Master Reveal Serve Soul Spiritual Talk
Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can.
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Dance Meditation Therapy Togetherness
A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for.
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Gratitude Heart Select Yourself
Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.
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Detachment God Need Offering
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
In giving respect we can be very happy, because we can do it in all situations. When we expect respect we are miserable, because it is not that everyone in every situation will respect us.
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Happiness Misery Respect Situation
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
When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.
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Attachment Honor
The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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Essence Freedom Life Properly Spiritual
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
Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one’s relationship with the spiritual master.
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Oneself Relationship Serve Sincerity
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
We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.
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Greatness Imitation Path Principle Progress
When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.
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Responsibility Selfish Yourself
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
Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.
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Life Service Spiritual

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