Renunciation doesn't mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart. Radhanath Swami More Quotes by Radhanath Swami More Quotes From Radhanath Swami 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 motherbeautifulreality Some husbands think, "This is my wife," or a parent thinks "This is my child." From a spiritual perspective, this is a misconception. The higher truth is: "This wife is God's beloved daughter, entrusted in my care. And the way I serve God is by giving her respect, protection, appreciation and empowerment. This is what God wants me to give his child." Radhanath Swami daughterspiritualappreciation Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best. Radhanath Swami being-the-bestspirituallying 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 essencesoullove-is 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 philosophicalorganizationmen When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities. Radhanath Swami positionacceptingresponsibility In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them. Radhanath Swami focusprinciplesattention If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts. Radhanath Swami gratefulheartopportunity 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 humilityspiritualhumble Humility is the foundation by which love manifests. Radhanath Swami foundationhumility Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly. Radhanath Swami definition-of-loveforgivingdefinitions Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world. Radhanath Swami cryrealityworld To the degree we try to create peace around us, we will find peace within ourselves. And to the degree we find peace within ourselves, we will actually have the power to create peace around us. Radhanath Swami finding-peacedegreestrying We should be in harmony with our own consciousness; our mind, body, and soul should be one in interest and in purpose. And in that unified condition, we can actually express that natural innate love that we have found in our own life in everything we do in the world. Radhanath Swami purposesoulmind The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation. Radhanath Swami belovedsouljoy A devotee's life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees. Radhanath Swami exemplaryincreaseshould There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble. Radhanath Swami humilityhumbledesire Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence. Radhanath Swami possibilitysensesmind That is truth. In that truth, there is real happiness. And there is nothing that could disturb that happiness. Radhanath Swami real-happinessreal Compassion is an essential element of love. Radhanath Swami elementsessentialscompassion
