Essential Vs Non-Essential

“The nature of the mind is to interpret non-essentials essential. The mind creates artificial needs, believing it cannot live without them. In this way we carry a great burden of attachments throughout our life. Attachment is itself a great burden on our minds. We may never understand the extent of the burden till we’re free of it. But if we find joy within, we can live a simple life, free of endless complications.”

– Radhanath Swami in The Journey Home book.


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12 comments

  1. You are right maharaj, Mind poses necessary as unnecessary and unnecessary as necessary. thanks for the message maharaj.

  2. That’s true, world is full of competition, soo many issues around us. Sometimes instead putting our head in finding solution we have to accept Krishna as the supreme controller and stop worrying and find solution for un-essential things. Thank you Maharaj!!

  3. The mind always want unwanted thins in life to bring happiness, but when we lead a very simple life then that gives actual happiness. Because living simply and thinking highly that is in krishna conscious is the best thing to avoid unwanted things.aLL GLORIES TO MAHAraj

  4. What is simple is the most difficult to achieve. Alone on our own strength it is impossible to resist the temptations of this world. But Radhanath Swami is ensuring this through his love and guidance to all those who come in contact with him.

  7. Unless our material attachments are not over, we can not connect ourselves to the spiritual things. Radhanath Swami has hinted here this fact.

  8. Mind will always demand non essentials just for the satisfaction of sense…and these demands can be curbed only through bhakti and the guidance of the Guru. Thanks Maharaj.

  9. Radhanath Swami’s enlightening words are bringing a new hope and direction in life of many of our lives.

    Without this help from exalted souls, we will never understand that are the real necessities are live and how we are working like an ass for no real profit in our lives

  10. ” But if we find joy within, we can live a simple life, free of endless complications.” valuable quates by Radhanth Swami which will truely give us satisfaction of heart to live happily for ever .

  12. It is not “simple” to be “simple”… but, is worth all the effort!!!
    Thank you Swamiji for your inspiring words.

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