Radhanath Swami Quotes

To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; its based on what you want.

Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.

Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.

There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us.

Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna.

What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect to God in that situation.

We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.

We have a mind, but we are the consciousness within the body and mind. I'm in my body but I am the eternal soul full of knowledge and bliss, unborn and undying. And the natural quality of the soul, uncovered from the ego and all our misconceptions, is unconditional love for the all-beautiful Lord.

Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.

Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.

Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.

A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for.

Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere.

Pure devotional service fries the seeds of material inclinations in our heart.

In religion, there's a certain type of fear that if somebody believes differently from me, that it's a threat. Because I'm right, and there cannot be two ways that are right, so if I'm right, anything different than this must be wrong; and we attack those things and it's really due to insecurity, ego and fear.

We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.

The cause of so much suffering and pain and one of the impediments to our spiritual progress, is the conditioning of expecting things to go our way, even in our spiritual life.

Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.

In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.

The only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it.

When we recognize how precious and truly glorious we are, then we become humbled by that and recognize everyone's true spiritual identity. And then our greatest joy is in sharing.

Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet, behind the veil of superficiality and hypocrisy, I always believed in the inherent beauty of God that lies at the essence of all true spiritual paths.

The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility.

The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.

Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble.

Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best.