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Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.

Radhanath Swami

The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.
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Heart Humble Oneself Surrender Word
Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.
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Ego Illusion Strength Thinking
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.
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Greatness Happiness Illusion Try 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
Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
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Depression God Humility Intense Reality
If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool.
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Fools Humility Praise
I just didn’t know where I fit in – I didn’t seem to fit in my parent’s generation. I didn’t seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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Fulfill Generation Meaning Parents Search Spiritual Understand
Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.
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Arrogant Attraction God Humility
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
When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.
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Heart Love Ourselves Willing
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
Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna.
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Credit Give Up God Pride
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
In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits.
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Duration Food Habit Life
Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.
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Act Beyond Faith Intelligence Mindset Possible Religion See
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
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
There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.
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Desire Fake Humble Humility Practice
Don’t let a breath escape from your body without Krishna’s name. That should be our determination throughout our life.
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Body Breathe Determination Escape Life Name Yourself
Sometimes the Lord gives us a free sample of religious experience, but for more, we must pay a price with the currency of sincere dedication to the process of cleansing.
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Cleaning Experience Freedom Religious Time
The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.
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Essence Freedom Life Properly Spiritual
Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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Name Nature Pollution Progress Sadness Water
Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
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Devotion Enthusiasm Life Service
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
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
Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.
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Best Life Spiritual Success
We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down.
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Break Empowerment Essence Religion Seek

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