When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.
Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.
Bhakti and Humility cannot be separated like sweetness cannot be separated from sweet.
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.
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.
You can not understand “Scripture” without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
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.
Lord’s love manifests in this world as compasssion.
Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.
By hearing from the Guru, we can understand what is the desire of Lord within our heart.
That is truth. In that truth, there is real happiness. And there is nothing that could disturb that happiness.
The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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.
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.
Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.
Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.
Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford’s new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
Trying to be happy in this world is the greatest illusion.