Radhanath Swami on Service Attitude

Radhanath SwamiTelling people of some wonderful service that we have done in a boastful way, nullifies the credit of the service. May not be on the eternal platform, but in our conscious condition we won’t be able to reap the real benefits of that service.

– Radhanath Swami

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  4. Thank you Radhanath swami for telling what should our attitude towards the service and after we did that service.

  5. His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj has beautifully stated the attitude we need to posses with serving.

  6. Its so very important to be cautious of self-adoration !!

    Thank you Maharaj for making us understand this fact

  9. Radhanath Swami Maharaj shows by his own example how the service attitude should be. I hope and pray to follow in his footsteps.

  11. Hopefully, with the blessings of Radhanath Swami, this tendency of taking credit will go away from my heart. Thank you Radhnath Swami for reminding me once again.

  13. It is so easy to carried away in taking credit for something we have done. Thank you Radhanath Maharaj for helping us realise this.

  15. Very True. Radhanath Swami really has hit the nail. We should never be proud of any service we do.

  17. It is difficult to develop a service attitude and more difficult to deveop humility.

  21. Thank you Maharaj, for such nice explanation. When ever there is some expectaion, then we can not get the real bebefit of the service done

  23. Thank you for this wonderful instruction. It’s a very difficult task to stop ourselves from boasting about something wonderful we’ve done, while ignoring 10 other things that we did wrong. The tendency is to take all credit for wonderful things and blame others for what goes wrong.

  26. Maharaj at other place says that prestige, adoration and position are all meant for Krsna. By being boastful of our services we want to gain credit which is also meant for Krsna. So this is a symptom of envy of God.

  28. PAMHO. Maharaj telling something which is very common in many people, and which stop one to get total benefit out of it.

  29. its really difficult to not talk about a service that i have done… but if i read such quotes everyday, hopefully someday it will not be tough

  30. its really difficult to follow in today’s world because “to sell yourself you need to boast about what u have done”.. Maharaj is giving us the right way of getting maximum benefits, that is, to forget what good you have done to others.. JAI !!!

  31. Very true..when we are proud of our services…the service loses its meaning all together.Real humility is what we need to imbibe from Maharaj

  32. Radhanath Swami is stressing on the need to be humble while performing our devotional service.

  37. What a quote! Being boastful and proud even of spiritual activities nullifies the immediate positive effect of them on our consciousness. Pride cometh before the fall, or as someone said, pride is itself the fall, rest are all details.

  38. Radhanath Swami Maharaj telling us the right service attitude by which we can get maximum spiritual benefit out of service.

  39. Heavy statement by Radhanath Swami Maharaj. It’s not easy to follow in conditioned state. We need lot of mercy to be able to follow it.

  40. Hmm! What’s in our heart when we do something, only I know? Think Think Think, Radhanath Swamis thought provoking quotes are the order of the day.

  41. Radhanath swami has made a deep statement about serving without any expectation. THank you

  43. Boasting is actually feeding our false ego. One of the subtle senses is false ego, and unless this is controlled, it is very difficult to make any spiritual advancement or to chant purely. Thank you Maharaj for this wonderful instruction.

  44. All the credit to Radhanath Swami for keeping us always remember this important aspect in our devotional life.

  45. It is becuse of the mercy of pure devotees like Radhanath Swami we are able to render some service as instruments in the hands of God.

  47. This amazing advice challenges the process that the rest of the world follows. Usually, the louder one boasts, the more one “benefits:” fame, fortune, only to end up with entanglement and suffering. Please, let me obtain the ability to overcome this ego.

  51. What a wonderful lesson Maharaj has taught, even while doing seva Maya tests us sometime by brining ego or attachment towards the seva we are doing.

  54. Jesus Christ said – “The left hand should not know what the right hand is doing”. Radhanath Swami has given a gem of a advice on service attitude which extends Jesus Christ’s teachings.

  56. I have the experience when i am boastful tendency in me is to show other devotee i am better than you and that actual has costed me a lot in terms of my spiritual progress. I am hoping that one day by sincerely following instructions of Radhanath Swami i will be able to give up my shortcomings.

  58. Radhanath Swami teaches us to be the humble servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord

  60. Good message by Radhanath Swami to our mind and false ego which is constantly hankering to hear praise about our own selves

  62. If we take the credit, it will be impossible to give credit where it is due—to the Lord, to saints and seniors who have really helped us.

  64. Radhanath Swami’s statements are realizations of the practise of humility – which he is a torch bearer.

  66. When we hear a someone speaking with pride about his/her acheivements, we tend to turn off. Similarly, as pointed by Radhanath Swami, when we boast about our service with pride, it must be putting others off too (including the divine)

  67. Thank u Radhanath Swami for such an inspiring statement. I pray to Lord & seek ur blessings Radhanath Swami that one day even i imbibe this wonderful quality.

  70. To follow Radhanath Swami means coming out of our false ego and establish in the true spirit of our consciousness. Thank you Radhanath Swami for the wonderful quote.

  71. All GLories To H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj

    Thank you Maharaj for such an wonderful quote.

    Hare Krishna

  72. This is a wonderful thought to keep me firmly grounded in reality. Whenever next I try to blow my own trumpet, I’ll remember this quote of Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

  73. Radhanath Swami, with this quote clearly differentiates the nature of material world with that of pure spiritual nature. It is becuse of the mercy of pure devotees like Radhanath Swami we are able to render some service as instruments in the hands of God. And as such nothing happens in our life without the intervention and blessings of pure devotees like Radhanath Swami. All the credit to Radhanath Swami for keeping us always remember this important aspect in our devotional life.

  79. Very important quote in the life of devotee. We should perform any service with the desire to please the Lord and His devotees, and not to please our ego. Service attitude is so crucial. Maharajah pointed out so nicely, once we boast about our service, it affects our consciousness and we don’t receive any benefit from that service.

  82. The statement vidicates the famous saying that “do your duty and leave it to God”.We must try and try in our daily life to follow this quote.So many times we say this famous saying but internally we are not as clear as what that Radhanath swami said.So let us try and follow it from right now.Thanks for sharing.

  84. Radhanath Swami Maharaj touches the essence of all the rituals and thus makes us imbibe the correct mood and gain ultimate benefit.

  86. Second part of the quote explains what we really loose by boasting of the services rendered by us – benfits of that service in present conscious condition.

  88. Thank you, Radhanath swami maharaj for quoting this sentence, from now onwards I will take care of this.

  89. Very inspiring statement .I would like to come to the level to impliment it in my life n require your blessings Radhanath Swami .

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