Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Radhanath Swami on Serving to Serve More

What do we hope to achieve by chanting the holy names of God? Or by serving the deity, the spiritual master, the devotees, and even the most insignificant creatures on earth? More service, eternal service. Serving is our natural healthy position, the very essence of our being. We don’t want to become God by serving Him. We want to serve the Lord so that we can serve Him more, with love and devotion, forever. We should not have any other motivation for service.
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18 comments:

  1. SamirJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    Very true.

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  2. Piyush SinghJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    Thanks to Radhanath Swami for revealing the right mood and motivation of a devotee.

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  3. ServantJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    A message that delivers the benefits of engaging ourselves to eternally serve the lord in every aspect of our life, beautifully put forth by His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

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  4. Sagar Ku BeheraJanuary 11, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    Let me always remember this goal while rendering my services Oh Lord & let me not have any fruitive material desires in return for devotional service.

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  5. BipinJanuary 11, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

    What an beautiful expression.

    Hare Krishna

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  6. Sumit SharmaJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Wonderful message from Radhanath Swami. Nothin in this world can stand before this message that "We are serving to serve more". Srila Prabhupada also put stress on this importannt point.

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  7. Parakram MajumdarJanuary 11, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    The desire for rendering selfless service to others is the highest quality. Without it we will never gain entry to Vaikuntha, because we would just be miserable there.

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  8. Anup ShahJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Thankyou for posting!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Serving is our natural healthy position, the very essence of our being.

    Thank you Radhanath swami maharaj for showing us the reason for our being

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  10. Vishvesh JogalekarJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    great realisation

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  11. Nimai MalaniJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    This advice by Radhanath Swami Maharaj should be sincerely incorporated in our daily lives to make spiritual progress.

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  12. Vinay MalaniJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    Radhanath Swami Maharaj has very nicely elaborated on our eternal position of being a servitor of God.

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  13. N. SwaminathanJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    This is a case where the journey is the destination - we serve so that we get to serve more, not so that we reach a point where there is no need to serve.

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  14. govindaJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    beautiful and appealing to the heart.

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  15. Dipti GaikwadJanuary 12, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    Serving so that we can serve more! What a unique concept!

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  16. krishna chandraJanuary 13, 2011 at 1:56 AM

    The ends and the means are the same---devotional service.

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  17. Ravi GargJanuary 15, 2011 at 3:01 AM

    Thanks for explaining so beautifully the purpose behind devotional service.....

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  18. madhuraJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Amazing article.

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