In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.

There were the physical challenges of hitchhiking across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as they were quite dangerous areas. I wrote about that in The Journey Home. I loved my family and they loved me, so making a choice so completely different from the life they knew was also a challenge. Not having material possessions or the security of a home and taking vows of celibacy for life were kind of natural for me, although they were also challenging. But I guess the greatest challenge for me was that I loved so many different spiritual paths.

Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna's heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.

A virtue which is divine is humility.

In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them.

Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances.

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.