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Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.

Radhanath Swami

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
Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God.
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God Humility Love
Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.
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Attain Devotion Gift
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
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
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try World
Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.
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Absorb Consciousness Performance Simplicity
If we see the body we live in as a temple used to engage in beautiful activities in the service of God’s children, then we recognize it as spiritual. But if we use our body for more selfish purposes, then we’re only experiencing its material conception.
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Beautiful Body Children Concept Engage Experience God Live Material Purpose See Temple
The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one’s devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee.
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Advance Devotion Greatness Humble Spiritual
Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world.
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Crying Forever God Temporary World
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
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
Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.
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Bhakti Humility Separate Sweet
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
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
Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
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