Top 180 Radhanath Swami Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.”

— Radhanath Swami

102. “When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love’s conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.”

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

105. “Pure love of God is our nature, but we are so much diverted, so much distracted by the externals that we’ve forgotten that it’s our essence.”

— Radhanath Swami

106. “To be meek and humble means to have a service attitude towards God, the Vaisnavas, and all living beings. Unless we have that, our chanting will have minimal effect and many births may pass before we finally come to the conclusion.”

— Radhanath Swami

107. “Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna’s heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.”

— Radhanath Swami

108. “Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.”

— Radhanath Swami

109. “When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.”

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

111. “Humility is practical application of knowledge.”

— Radhanath Swami

112. “To love someone in the spiritual sense is not based on how I want to love you; its based on what you want.”

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

114. “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.”

— Radhanath Swami

115. “His eyes twinkled as he smiled. “Love everyone, serve everyone, and feed everyone. Serve like Hanuman without selfishness and greed. This is the key to realizing God.”

— Radhanath Swami

116. “The most transformative and gentle humility and pride. But they transform in opposite ways.”

— Radhanath Swami

117. “The transcendental knowledge of devotional service is digested by the engyme of humility.”

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

119. “To measur whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down.”

— Radhanath Swami

120. “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.”

— Radhanath Swami

121. “I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn’t qualify.”

— Radhanath Swami

122. “The cause of all suffering is when we forget our identity with god. That is called Maya, or illusion. God is everywhere. You need not search to find him. If you call him with sincerity, he will reveal himself to you. God sees within the heart not the externals. There must be no duplicity. You may wander through the jungles your whole life, but god is within your heart. When you meet him there, you will see that he is everywhere.”

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

124. “The diverse religions and races bring beauty to the world if we truly understand in our hearts the essence of who we are and what we stand for. And that really is the essence of spirituality.”

— Radhanath Swami

125. “Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.”

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

128. “The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one’s devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee.”

— Radhanath Swami

129. “The world oscillates endlessly between pleasure and pain,” she continued. “There can be no security, no stability here. These are to be found in God alone.”

— Radhanath Swami

130. “Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.”

— Radhanath Swami

131. “Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes, but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.”

— Radhanath Swami

132. “To grow may require that we be shaken right to our core.”

— Radhanath Swami

133. “When one does not have wisdom, one behaves like a leaf of a ‘touch-me-not’ plant, which shrinks its leaves at the slightest touch of a drop of water. The drop of water is compared to calamities that come into our life. When one becomes like a ‘touch-me-not’ plant, one becomes sensitive to even small provocations. One starts whining at small things, shrinks when calamities come and blasts those who touch him.”

— Radhanath Swami

134. “Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can.”

— Radhanath Swami

135. “Familiarity leads to lack of Gratitude.”

— Radhanath Swami

136. “Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet, behind the veil of superficiality and hypocrisy, I always believed in the inherent beauty of God that lies at the essence of all true spiritual paths.”

— Radhanath Swami

137. “If our mind is in conflict, not balanced with our body and with the needs of the soul, then there is a fundamental disunity in our life. Only if we have unity within ourselves, we can create unity in the world around us. You can’t give something you don’t have, even if you have all good intentions.”

— Radhanath Swami

138. “In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.”

— Radhanath Swami

139. “A tree will stand in the scorching sun to give shade to others. A tree will bear the freezing cold of the winter and give wood to create heat for all. A tree will silently even give up its life to give its body to build a house for others to stay comfortably. That is tolerance.”

— Radhanath Swami

140. “Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.”

— Radhanath Swami

141. “Do not think that if you surrender to God you will be loser. You will not lose anything except bondage, frustration and suffering. That is all you will lose.”

— Radhanath Swami

142. “Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna.”

— Radhanath Swami

143. “Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.”

— Radhanath Swami

144. “One path may appear in different forms, but the Kingdom of God is the goal we all share. It is the men of small minds who create confusion.” He released my hand and affectionately patted my head. “Do not be troubled my son. You are sincere. God will guide you.” His words touched my heart.”

— Radhanath Swami

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

— Radhanath Swami

146. “Humility is the foundation by which love manifests.”

— Radhanath Swami

147. “The art of loving creates the unity which has unlimited spiritual strength, and that is the greatest need in the world today. Each one of us can make such a difference if we become humble, if we develop a service attitude, and if we develop the broad mind to see the oneness of all living beings.”

— Radhanath Swami

148. “Just serve every creature in God’s creation with humility, respect, and love.” Or, “Just sing the names of Rama and everything else will be attained.”

— Radhanath Swami

149. “If we understand the underlying cause of what we think of as bad in someone, instead of being hateful, we will be compassionate. For is not every soul inherently good? A saintly person will hate the disease but love the diseased.”

— Radhanath Swami

150. “If we seek the essence of every situation, if we seek to connect to God within our hearts, then we will find an opportunity there, to grow internally in wisdom in every trial we face.”

— Radhanath Swami