Monday, October 7, 2013

Radhanath Swami on Knowledge and Service

The whole purpose of all knowledge is to bring us to the point of devotional service. Unless we apply that principle of humble devotional service, all the knowledge we accumulate is like a jewel on the head of a serpent - it looks very beautiful, but what is the use? Actually, the jewel on the serpent makes the serpent more dangerous because it is so beautiful and it makes the serpent very attractive. We want to be with the serpent because it has a nice jewel. But the fact is, the serpent is just as venomous and as envious as a serpent without a jewel. So therefore, anyone may appear to be a very great, learned saint, he may speak very eloquently on the scriptures, and everyone may want to associate themselves with him, but his life is a very different thing if he has not adopted the humble spirit of service.

8 comments:

  1. Superb explanation of how we should develop the spirit of service in the mood of humility.

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  2. Very very instructive article.....thanks.

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  3. Jay!!

    This is very nice and inspiring !!!

    Thank you

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  4. Amazing article .Thank you so much Maharaj Ji for the nectar.

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  5. thank you Radhanath Swami for the eye-opening analysis.

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  6. Great message from HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj on humility and service attitude. One's progress on the spiritual totally depends on how humbly and sincerely he/she adopts to the principle of devotional service.

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  7. Material knowledge is of no use unless we use it in the service of the Lord. That is why we should concentrate on developing spiritual knowledge.

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  8. Very important to cultivate spiritual knowledge.

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