Pure devotional service fries the seeds of material inclinations in our heart.
The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna
We, as parents, must understand the serious responsibility that we have in inculcating love for God in the hearts of children. If our children do not feel love they will not understand God’s love because the love of the parent is translated to the children as the love of God. When they feel their parents' love, they can actually begin to understand God’s love.
If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.
Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.
Substance of Bhakti is Surrender and Humility.
Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic.
The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God.
To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; its based on what you want.
The essence of Bhagavad Gita is that we should always think of Krsna, become His devotee, worship him and offer homage unto him.
Death is not big thing, what is important is God's service.
If you do some wonderful service and if you tell people what you did in a boastful way, it nullifies the credit of your service, may not be in the eternal platform, but in your conscious condition you will not be able to reap the benefits of that service.
We can use wealth, intelligence, education or health in harmony with our compassionate spiritual nature, or we can use them according to the selfish concerns of our particular egos. We have choices as human beings. We can be saints or we can be terrorists. We can be peaceful or we can be miserable. When we see everything in the world as God's sacred property, then we're seeing the spiritual potential, the spiritual substance, everywhere.
Remembrance is a necessary expression of love, internally.
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.
If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.
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.
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
Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves.
For a devotee death opens door for liberation but for a non-devotee death is end of everything.
Why are we not tasting the bliss of Bhakti? Because we are taking shelter of stone boats. We are sinking and drowning in Maya & still we are further taking shelter of stone boats and this can go on life after life.
When we face difficulties and still remain faithful to Krishna and spiritual master we access the infinite mercy of their hearts.
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die, rather it manifests in the form of compassion. That is universal love. It is not just a sentiment. It cannot be manifested merely by a shift in mental disposition. It can only come from inner cleaning, an inner awakening.
We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.
