Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami is a guide, community builder, activist, and acclaimed author. He has been a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and spiritual teacher for more than 40 years. He is the inspiration behind ISKCON's free midday meal for 1.2 million school kids across India, and he has been instrumental in founding the Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mumbai. He works largely from Mumbai in India, and travels extensively throughout Europe and America. In the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, he serves as a member...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth7 December 1950
CountryUnited States of America
Sometimes river flows very strong, sometimes it flows very small, but it makes no difference to the ocean because it is satisfied in itself with its own quantity of water. Similarly, when our heart is cleansed with spirituality, we find pleasure and ecstasy with our own selves that is so sweet, so wonderful and so satisfying, that the so-called pleasures of this world no longer have any values, no appeal at all.
There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.
The Ultimate expression of Humility comes when we control our senses.
Essence of humility is unity.
Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good.
Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal.
The worst tragedy is that this uncontrolled mind steals our consciousness away from Krishna and that is the beginning, the essence of all suffering.
The flip side of happiness is suffering.
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.
If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to enjoy.
We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna's message.
To measur whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down.
A virtue which is divine is humility.