Radhanath Swami on Purpose of Prabhupad's Journey to the West

Radhanath Swami's Quotes

"The price of Krishna Consciousness is the eagerness to know about Krishna, the eagerness to hear about Krishna, the eagerness to chant his glories and to serve the Spiritual Master and the Devotees. "

"The ultimate purpose of all Vedas is to know Krishna and love Krishna."

"Whatever one wants to attain in life can obtain it by studying the Vedas and learning how to perform the proper sacrifices. ."

"If you are sincere, your faith will be strengthened and purified in the face of testing circumstances."

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead comes into this material world to perform the most wonderful pastimes, unexcelled by anyone but himself."

"One who has faith in the inconceivable potencies of the Lord has no doubt that God can do anything."

"The Supreme Lord incarnates to prove to the world that our real happiness is in loving and serving him."

"There is no restriction for what is possible and what is impossible for the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

"Whatever one wants to attain in life can obtain it by studying the Vedas and learning how to perform the proper sacrifices."

"Attentively hearing means offering the essence of your life, your consciousness to the Holy name which is non-different than Krishna."

"Krishna reveals himself to the surrendered soul."

"The sound of Krishna's name posses of all the power of the supreme truth God himself."

"There is no greatest surrender than sacrificing our entire consciousness to Krsna."

"The ultimate purpose of all Vedas is to know Krishna and love Krishna."

"If you are sincere, your faith will be strengthened and purified in the face of testing circumstances."

"Our consciousness is the very sustenance of basis of our life. And our consciousness is manifested by our attention."

"Philosophy is meant to bring us to the platform by which we learn how to love."

"One who has faith in the inconceivable potencies of the Lord has no doubt that God can do anything."

"The Supreme Lord incarnates to prove to the world that our real happiness is in loving and serving him."

"Lord Krishna performs the greatest of all miracles - to transform your life into that of a pure devotee."

"If you are sincere, your faith will be strengthened and purified in the face of testing circumstances."

"Death is the mysterious, inevitable conclusion of what we know to be life."

"Our motto should be, "I seek not to be understood, but to understand."

"The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity."

"The only way we can make this world a better place is to transcend it."

"Renunciation means death of false ego."

"Krishna reveals himself to the surrendered soul."

"If you will not forgive you will not be forgiven."

"Tapasya means to act according to the responsible occupation we may have in life but never to perform any activity unfavorable for spiritual advancement."

"Greatness is not in what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God."

"Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best."

"Real religion is not about being a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. Real religion is about loving God, & dedicating one's life to be an instrument of God's compassion, kindness towards other living beings."

"Real religion is about developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances."

"If we do the right thing with right intent that is actually our success."

"There is no greater surrender than sacrificing our entire consciousness to Krishna."

"Devotional service is Bhakti. It is only by devotional service that we can understand Krishna."

"The ultimate purpose of all Vedas is to know Krishna and to love Krishna."

"Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also."

"Bhakti means to practice....according to Krishna's plan."

"When you take a position, you have to accept responsibilities."

"Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift."

"Death is not big thing, what is important is God's service."

"Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion."

"Bhakti is expressed through our service attitude."

"Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna."

"Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one's relationship with the spiritual master."

"How intensely we think of Krishna is how we quickly become purified"

"A virtue which is divine is humility"

"Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting."

"Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God."

"Pure devotional service fries the seeds of material inclinations in our heart."

"Bhakti means liberation from all these complications. Just give credit to God,....so easy but so difficult."

"That is what it means to be complacent...we do not take shelter."

"In giving respect we can be very happy, because we can do it in all situations. When we expect respect we are miserable, because it is not that everyone in every situation will respect us."

"Do not offend devotees or even non-devotees. Because all those whom we know as devotees today were once not devotees."

"Renunciation doesn't mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart."

"When object of our anxiety is God, then that brings ecstacy."

"Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service."

"The real purpose of our life is the glorification of the Lord with all humility and devotion and to serve him with love."

"Mind is ones biggest enemy when uncontrolled, but majority of people put full faith on their enemy."

"There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us."

"Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help people?s faith and not to disturb it."

"Spiritual advancement without mind control is simply an illusion"

"To make spiritual advancement we have to be very attentive in our dealings with our mind."

"The more we feed the laziness of our mind, the more it becomes strong."

"If we do not like someone with a certain guna & karma that is not their problem. that is our problem."

"To keep our faith in the fallible soldiers of material manipulations is the cause of repeated birth & death."

"When one's eyes are anointed with the salve of prema, spiritual love then we could see Vrindavan."

"Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly."

"Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic. "

"Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence. "

"Any propensity other than love cannot exist in the spiritual world. There is unlimited variegatedness, but they are all extraordinarily wonderful ways of expressing love. "

"Love is not enjoyment. Love is being enjoyed. "

"Even if you want one drop of respect you have to take birth in this material world again. "

"The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart. "

"A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service. "

"To be in the association of those aspiring to love God is the ultimate gift of God. "

"The most transformative and gentle humility and pride. But they transform in opposite ways. "

"What a joke: Tiny living entities crawling on a little planet and are thinking, "I am Great". "

"Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God. "

"According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us. "

"Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can. "

"Don't let a breath escape from your body without Krishna's name. That should be our determination throughout our life. "

"The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation. "

"The more you feel you are fallen; the more you fall in love with God."

"Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God."

"Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy."

"Taking birth in Kali-yuga itself means that we have no qualification : Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu therefore manifests ultimate mercy."

"Power brings along with it the responsibility to utilize it properly."

"Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform"

"Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion."

"Opportunities are always there for us to grow, opportunities are always there for us to come closer to each other & come closer to God-if we just look for them."

"A great soul is called Saragrahi that means one who is always looking for the essence of every situation that comes before us."

"Krsna is pleased by the sincerity of our service attitude."

"Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle."

"A grateful heart is not one that is very selective and choosy about what to be grateful for."

"Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed."

"Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude."

"Genuine spiritual movement should forgive and encourage."

"Kali yuga is so much saturated with vicious habits that there is a great fight at the slightest of misunderstanding."

"In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization."

"In Kali yuga, duration of life is shortened not so much because insufficient food but because of irregular habits."

"If you do some wonderful service and if you tell people what you did in a boastful way, it nullifies the credit of your service, may not be in the eternal platform, but in your conscious condition you will not be able to reap the benefits of that service."

"To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life."

"The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility."

"Responsibility means to perform our service properly, with proper attitude, behavior and words."

"In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain."

"When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing."

"When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless."

"If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard."

"Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly."

"A devotee's life should be so exemplary that it increases the faith upon other devotees."

"For a devotee death opens door for liberation but for a non-devotee death is end of everything."

"The challenge of co-operation in today's age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God."

"To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; it's based on what you want."

"Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna."

"Human life has independence but when we surrender that to Krishna, He will utilize us completely."

"In order to live in realization of the soul, we must let our false ego and all of its designations and attachments die"

"As long as we want to be enjoyers instead of servants, we create so many sufferings to ourselves and also to the whole world around us."

"Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life."

"When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored."

"Humility is the foundation by which love manifests."

"When we face difficulties and still remain faithful to Krishna and spiritual master we access the infinite mercy of their hearts."

"Crying out to the lord is the only eternal reality within this temporary world."

"Bhakti means the science of being defeated. Krishna wants to be defeated by the love of his devotee and the devotee wants to be defeated by Krsna's love."

"Regret or remorse of the wrong we have done should be in a positive spirit of changing, turning towards God with humility."

"In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them."

"An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles."

"Humility is all about being truthful and honest."

"Remembrance is a necessary expression of love, internally."

"The auspiciousness of any situation is how it brings us closer to Krishna"

"Loving service is the means to show our gratitude"

"Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honoured by others"

"Struggle is the name of the game as long as we are in the material world"

"Science heals in retail & kills in wholesale"

"It is not the light that is needed in this world but the warmth because we will die out of cold but not out of darkness"

"Mercy means "to get what we do not deserve""

"Real intelligence does not mean the ability to explain material phenomenon better but the ability to distinguish between truth and illusion"

"You are where your mind is"

"Every decision must be made in harmony with what is actually the purpose of life"

"Simply change of situation or service can give us temporary satisfaction but not shelter"

"We are not here for happy material life, we are here for selfless service and shelter"

"Real knowledge is not theoretical"

"A person who finds faults in others is a person full of faults"

"People's criticizing others is an exhibition of their envy to GOD"

"Everything that we see in this material world is just reflecting our own consciousness"

"To love means to serve"

"If you are not being attacked by materialist, you must be doing something wrong"

"If we see someone better than us in what we are recognized for as best at, we become envious of that person"

"COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others"

"The best people you can have friends as are those who are detached"

"Mood of Vaikuntha is that we want to see everyone excel more than us"

"By forgiveness we can have harmony with each other"

"You are accountable and responsible for every word, action & movement whether you are devotee or non-devotee"

"Not a moment in human life passes that you are not accounted for"

"Surrender means to do anything at anytime without desire or expectation"

"Bhakti means to be free from enjoying spirit"

"In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it."

"Association can make us convince anything"

"A person in transcendental consciousness sees positive opportunity in every situation of life"

"We cannot control environment around us, but we can control our perception completely"

"I we are looking for God or an opportunity to learn and enrich our lives in every situation, we will find that, but if we are looking for how am I enjoying or suffering, we are subject to endless frustration"