Radhanath Swami Quotes

There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us.

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.

Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.

Humble people dont get Offended easily.

When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.

The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.

Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.

Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting.

Bhakti is expressed through our service attitude.

The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble heart.

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.

When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.

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

Substance of Bhakti is Surrender and Humility.

We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.

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.

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.

Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.

When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities.

A devotee's life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees.

For a devotee death opens door for liberation but for a non-devotee death is end of everything.

Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.

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

A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for.

Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.

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

If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.

Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.

Humility is the foundation by which love manifests.

Compassion is an essential element of love.

The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart.

Real problem is not population explosion, but what the population is doing.

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

Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.

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

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.

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

Kali yuga is so much saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest of misunderstanding.

Spirituality is revival of our God consciousness, not creating something new.

Humility is all about being truthful and honest.

Essence of humility is unity.

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.

COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others

Do not offend devotees or even non-devotees. Because all those whom we know as devotees today were once not devotees.

In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.

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.

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

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

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