Top 229 Quotes & Sayings by Radhanath Swami - Page 3

That is truth. In that truth, there is real happiness. And there is nothing that could disturb that happiness.

Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.

I came to the conclusion that unless I found myself and became the change I wanted to see in the world - as Gandhi said - I couldn't contribute much, nor would there be anything fulfilling or meaningful in my life. So I went on a spiritual search.

We have a mind, but we are the consciousness within the body and mind. I'm in my body but I am the eternal soul full of knowledge and bliss, unborn and undying. And the natural quality of the soul, uncovered from the ego and all our misconceptions, is unconditional love for the all-beautiful Lord.

Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.

To measur whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down.

There were the physical challenges of hitchhiking across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as they were quite dangerous areas. I wrote about that in The Journey Home. I loved my family and they loved me, so making a choice so completely different from the life they knew was also a challenge. Not having material possessions or the security of a home and taking vows of celibacy for life were kind of natural for me, although they were also challenging. But I guess the greatest challenge for me was that I loved so many different spiritual paths.

There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.

Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.

Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can.

Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help peoples faith and not to disturb it.

Renunciation doesn't mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.

The more you feel you are fallen; the more you fall in love with God.

I traveled around America and then at nineteen, went to Europe and hitchhiked from London to the Himalayas in India. I studied various forms of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and in India, various forms of Buddhism and Hinduism. Eventually, I came to the path of unconditional love and devotion to the one God, who in our tradition we call Krishna. I met my guru and became a swami. This allowed me to share that gift, which I consider to be a very deep universal expression of compassion.

If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.

When we awaken the love for God, that love naturally extends toward every living being. Also, the concept of Krishna and Radha, the masculine and feminine aspect of the one supreme God, was so inclusive that it touched my heart. So when Prabhupada came, I was already following his path. But it was when I saw his compassion, concern and deep wisdom, that I accepted him as my guru and decided to try and assist him. I felt that was where my real home was.

The only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it.

Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.

Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.

Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.

If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.

According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us.

When we recognize how precious and truly glorious we are, then we become humbled by that and recognize everyone's true spiritual identity. And then our greatest joy is in sharing.

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.

Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.

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.

It’s not the body that people love, but the soul. The body is a temporary vehicle. Without the soul, the body is like a car without a driver. I see through my eyes, smell through my nose, taste through my tongue, hear through my ears, feel through my skin, think through my brain, and love through my heart. But who am I? Who is the witness, enjoyer and sufferer that activates my body?

We have the tendency to judge others by their surface appearance, and to find only their negative qualities. But if we search beneath the surface we discover that a myriad of strains mix together to create a particular person's nature. The faults we perceive are likely to be the effect of circumstances, the psychological response to trauma, abuse, rejection, heartbreak, insecurity, pain, confusion, or disease.

Regret or remorse of the wrong we have done should be in a positive spirit of changing, turning towards God with humility.

Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.

Responsibility means to perform our service properly,with proper attitude, behavior and words.

You can not understand "Scripture" without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.

The worst tragedy is that this uncontrolled mind steals our consciousness away from Krishna and that is the beginning, the essence of all suffering.

Humility is practical application of knowledge.

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.

The more we are happy in Krishna Consciousness, the more we become purified.

Lord's love manifests in this world as compasssion.

Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna.

Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.

By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.

When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.

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.

If you are not being attacked by materialist, you must be doing something wrong

What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.

Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.

The cause of so much suffering and pain and one of the impediments to our spiritual progress, is the conditioning of expecting things to go our way, even in our spiritual life.

Guru is heavy, because he carries Lord Krishna in his heart.

We must be instruments of God's compassion to those who are suffering.

We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna's message.

Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.

Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere.

To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility.

Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.

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.

Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal.

A virtue which is divine is humility.

Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.

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.

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.

Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.