In the above clip, Radhanath Swami explains the need to cultivate the quality of forgivenss. When we forgive somebody, we feel we have favored the other person. But factually we have favored ourselves more than anyone else. “Someone hurts us and we are angry, we feel that our rights have …
“To act according to Krishna’s principles even when it’s very difficult, that is integrity. To be the well wisher, to be tolerant and forgiving and respectful, even when we have much to lose on the material platform, that is integrity. To uphold the sanctity of true spiritual values is dignity.” …
“In order for the seed to grow, it has to have soft and fertile ground. Gratitude makes our heart soft. Gratitude fertilizes our heart. Gratitude enables the seed of bhakti to grow. When we expect, when we think we deserve, when we want something very different than what we are …
A spoiled child who just gets whatever he or she wants, whenever she wants it, is never happy because desires can never be satisfied in full because as soon as you satisfy a desire, another desire will come and that desire cannot remain satisfied for long. A child that’s not …
A simple life is conducive to bhakti. Now if we are reading Srimad Bhagvatam properly and hearing from our acharyas, even in a city, you can have simplicity in consciousness. But it is not so easy because consciously or unconsciously, we are very chronically addicted to controlling the environment. But …
One who is starving within, needs to get all sorts of adoration, prestige and credit, but one who actually has, is tasting Krishna within, doesn’t need that. Such a person feels infinitely greater pleasure giving credit to others. The amount of joy that we get taking credit for ourself is …
