Radhanath Swami - Quotes

Radhanath Swami on Uncertainties of this World

mcd — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:08:44 +0000

This world is full of uncertainties, and you can never change that. Therefore the intelligent person, rather than simply trying to adjust the environment, tries to adjust his own consciousness. And for this reason the process of self realization has been taught by great saintly persons of various religious, throughout history.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on Deep rooted Tendency

mcd — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:55:33 +0000

What keeps us bound to this world is our very deep rooted tendency to take credit for the good we do, to take credit for the good that we don’t do, and to give blame for the bad that we do.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on appreciating Inner Essence

mcd — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:07:18 +0000

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.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on Real Peace

mcd — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:00:52 +0000

As long as we identify ourselves only as a product of this material existence, there can be no real peace.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on The Power of Protection

mcd — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:52:40 +0000

There is a certain power of protection in receiving blessings from good people. Those blessings have a special potency as they are coming from spiritually evolved people.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on The Grace of God

mcd — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:55:45 +0000

The greatest power of God is grace. The grace of God could lift one up even from a very fallen, miserable situation and give one entrance into the realm of eternity.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on Spiritual Advancement

mcd — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:03:59 +0000

The more everyone makes spiritual advancement, the more everyone is happy in that state, the more God is happy. So, that should be our happiness. Then there is no envy or jealousy. There is only competition of who could serve each other better. That is a beautiful state of mind.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on The Mercy of God

mcd — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:37:27 +0000

We cannot force our way into the spiritual world. We cannot force our way to realization. Everything can only come by mercy. God bestows his mercy and reveals himself according to the devotional love that we have.

- Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on Closer to God

mcd — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:45:38 +0000

God is the center of everything. When we truly, honestly strive to make him the goal of our life, God will be pleased with our endeavor even if we fail. He will give us all help, and even in the difficulties we endure in the process, he will bring us closer and closer to him.

- Radhanath Swami