Saturday, December 11, 2010

Radhanath Swami on the Importance of Foundation

The general tendency is to neglect our spiritual duties, or to do it just as a formality and be done with it as quickly as possible. This is because we don’t notice tangible results of spiritual activities. All other activities give tangible results - when we work, we get money; when we fulfill social obligations, we build stronger and deeper relationships. But when we perform our religious duties, we do not see any tangible results other than feeling somewhat peaceful. This is to do with the concept of foundation.

How many people have come to your house and exclaimed, "Your house has a magnificent foundation"? Nobody appreciates or even notices the foundation; yet, if it is weak nothing can stand - it is the most important part of the house. What can’t be seen, is holding up everything that is seen.

The integrity with which we live, our connection to God, and the cultivation of that relationship is the foundation of our life. Unless we have deep spiritual roots, we can easily give up our integrity, and all our peace of mind could collapse, just by some incident, some storm, or some anxiety. But, if our foundation is strong, then no matter how many storms come, our peace of mind, our integrity, our faith, and our happiness will stand. Without such a foundation the mildest of storms will affect us causing such stress and anxiety, that we may even end up hurting the people we love.

24 comments:

  1. The deeper our spiritual roots, the stronger we can be as human beings. Thank you Radhanath Swami for this reminder.

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  2. HH Radhanath swami with the example of foundation is reminding us the foundational aspect of our KC sustenance.... such an important aspect to implement.

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  3. Thank you maharaj for your instructions.

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  4. Wonderful point. Thank you Radhanath Swami for sharing this information.

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  5. We tend to concentrate on those things which give us visible results, that's true. Great example of the 'foundation of a house'.

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  6. Radhanath Swami has emphasizied on foundation of Krishna consciousnes throughout his life

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  7. Thank you Maharaj for reminding us of the most important need - to have strong foundation of our life - connection to God and cultivating that relationship.

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  8. Radhanath Swami is so true. We need to focus on becoming more deep in our Krishna Consciousness

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  9. HH Radhanath Swami always looks at the minutest details and things people dont think of like the foundation which is not noticed by others but is the most imp aspect.

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  10. This is the fundamental point HH Radhanath Swami emphasising on. As HH Radhanath Swami says Foundational spiritual values determines our lives.

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  11. Radhanth Swami has made such a deep statement which has shattered all doubts about spirituality. It has helped me increase my conviction about it. Thank you.

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  12. Thank you maharaj for always enlightening us.

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  13. Radhanath Swami has explained a point using a very valid example. Without strong foundation the entire building can collapse

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  14. Nice message from Radhanath Swami. If we are weak in our spiritual activities, we can be driven away very easily by a small storm of material allurements or disturbances.

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  15. we do everything else in our spiritual lifes but fail to focus on to build the foundation and thus with slightest of wind every thing falls apart.

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  16. The strong spiritual foundation can be seen indirectly in the spiritual qualities exhibited by sincere devotees.

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  17. It's really beautiful, with this Maharaj reminding us on spiritual foundation to reach destiny, also it's kind of a slap on face who(me) is doing sadhana for name sake. Thank you so much maharaj for guiding me in a right way.

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  18. Thank you maharaj for enlightining us.

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  19. If our foundation is strong, then no matter how many storms come, our peace of mind, our integrity, our faith, and our happiness will stand. This profound statement of Maharaj has to be meditated upon to improve our quality of Sadhana.

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  20. Thank you Maharaj for wonderful instructions.

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  21. Very Nice. Thanks You.

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  22. Thank you Maharaj for showing the importance of strong foundation from your own personal example and how it is important for a devotee.

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  23. Thankyou Maharaj for this wonderful explanation on the importance of foundation of our spiritual life.The statement "What can't be seen holds up everthing" is so profound and introspective. Thankyou Maharaj for this wonderful instruction

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  24. WHat a nice way to show the importance of executing one's spritiual duties....thanks swamiji

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