Radhanath Swami Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Depressing #Real #Humility

“The art of loving creates the unity which has unlimited spiritual strength, and that is the greatest need in the world today. Each one of us can make such a difference if we become humble, if we develop a service attitude, and if we develop the broad mind to see the oneness of all living beings.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Spiritual #Art #Attitude

“A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Soul #Trying #Enthusiasm

“Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Humility #Names #Sincerity

“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.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Religious #Dedication #Giving

“We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Mother #Gratitude #Honor

“Compassion is an essential element of love.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Compassion #Essentials #Elements

“Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Selfish #Heart #Compassion

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

#Grateful #Heart #Opportunity

“When there is love in our heart, only love will come out.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Heart

“All beautiful forms of this world are in the process of transformation. Nothing is stable. With every moment, our reality is changing. Mother Ganges, like nature, is constant, but no manifestation of hers remains. Likewise, all that we hold dear in this world is imperceptibly vanishing. We cannot cling to anything. But if we can appreciate the beauty of the underlying current of truth, we can enjoy a reality deeper than the fickle waves of joy and sorrow.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Beautiful #Mother #Reality

“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.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Spiritual #Humble #Humility

“When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Love Is #Essence #Soul

“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.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Ego #Weakness #Impossible

“Sometimes river flows very strong, sometimes it flows very small, but it makes no difference to the ocean because it is satisfied in itself with its own quantity of water. Similarly, when our heart is cleansed with spirituality, we find pleasure and ecstasy with our own selves that is so sweet, so wonderful and so satisfying, that the so-called pleasures of this world no longer have any values, no appeal at all.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Sweet #Strong #Ocean

“Spirituality is revival of our God consciousness, not creating something new.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Creating #Spirituality #Consciousness

“The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Spiritual #Essence #Use

“The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Krishna #Situation

“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.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Spiritual #Order #Mercy

“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”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Opportunity #Frustration #Suffering

“You can not understand "Scripture" without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Spiritual #Eye #Scripture

“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?”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Heart #Eye #Thinking

“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.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Mother #Teacher #Rivers

“What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Oneness #Way #Spirit

“The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Yoga #Perfection #Detachment

“Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Spiritual #Lying #Being The Best

“Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.”
-- Radhanath Swami

“Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through understanding the contents of his own mind, through observation, not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Philosophical #Men #Organization

“When the kirtan is harmonious with so many people, it’s a tumultuous beautiful sound. We can’t hear just one voice during the chorus; or rather we do hear one voice. But that one voice is actually the sound of everyone’s voice in harmony. That’s our offering to God. And why is it so pleasing to the Lord? Because we are all cooperating for a higher purpose. We are all united for the pleasure of the center, for the pleasure of Krishna, in spite of all our differences.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Beautiful #Offering #Voice

“A person influenced by circumstances can become viciously envious or affectionately kind. Our company and our surroundings have a crucial effect on our consciousness. How important it is to be an instrument to bring out the inherent good of each other rather than the worst.”
-- Radhanath Swami

#Important #Kind #Consciousness