“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
The greatest pleasure is selfless service.......................Nectarean Mellows
If we have selfish motivations then it is not really love on the spiritual platform. It is karma. What goes in the name of love in this world is mutual – if you give me pleasure, I’ll give you pleasure. To the degree that selfless spirit is not there, we find what happens. If we do not give each other the proper pleasure then divorce. In America, 70% of marriages are divorces. And India is catching up. Because that spirit of selfless service is being replaced which is actually the tradition. Tradition in any culture, which is based on spirituality, is responsibility for selfless service for those whom they are responsible for. Yes? But when we are thinking, “I …”. Today’s world is the ‘I’ society. Everyone is thinking about ‘I’ and ‘me’ but there’s a problem. We don’t know who we are? It’s alright if you’re really thinking about ‘I’, but who am I? If we are thinking this false ego is ‘I’ then it creates discontent ultimately. There’s so much potential conflict with almost anybody: brothers fighting, husbands and wives fighting, nations fighting. But I am the eternal soul, there’s nothing to fight about. Yes? If we are the eternal soul then what is in our heart is love and where there’s love, the greatest pleasure is selfless service.
H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä
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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.
To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran
It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.
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