Monday, February 7, 2011

Radhanath Swami on Sincerity of Endeavor

As devotees, we should perform all physical and verbal acts for the purpose of pleasing the spiritual master and the Lord. Ultimately, it’s our attitude that pleases the Lord and attracts His mercy. We may chant the holy names and make it look to others that we are chanting very sincerely; but our advancement does not depend on how others see us. Our advancement depends on how the Lord sees us within our heart. The Lord sees our motivation, our aspiration, and our sincerity of endeavor.
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17 comments:

  1. N. SwaminathanFebruary 6, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    We often get caught in impressing others. Radhanath Swami Maharaj is addressing that tendency. It is not how others see us but what is within our heart that is important.

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  2. Sumit SharmaFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:13 AM

    Radhanath Swami has very nicely explained the utter need of being sincere in everything we do. However, we must be very sincere to perform our devotaional service because that is whazt the Lord wants from us.

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  3. ServantFebruary 7, 2011 at 5:42 AM

    His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj has wonderfully described the difference of how we want others to see us and how we need to be if the Lord wants to see us.

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  4. Abhijit ToleyFebruary 7, 2011 at 6:18 AM

    Radhanath Swami is expert at slashing away at illusion by emphasizing that we can't fool the Lord within our heart.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    Thank u for sharing, its a wonderful article!

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  6. Sandeep KamatFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    Very good point by Radhanath Swami. We need to realize that the Lord in our heart knows our true feelings. Our intent in all our actions should be to please Krsna.

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  7. Vinay MalaniFebruary 7, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    As Radhanath Swami Maharaj has rightly pointed out, duplicity in spiritual life is very detrimental to our spiritual progress as it displeases God.

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  8. Ravi GargFebruary 13, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    Very nice article.....

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  9. prajaktaFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Radhanath Swami has wonderfully explained as to what it really takes to please the Lord....sincerity of purpose and nothing else.

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  10. Paramesvara DasaFebruary 20, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    The secret of all secrets is revealed here. The point is to seek advancement but not recognition from general populace.All glories to Radhanath Swami.

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  11. ChandrikaFebruary 23, 2011 at 5:22 AM

    Simply beautiful.

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  12. Shyam Bihari DasFebruary 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Maharaj says, "The Lord sees our motivation, our aspiration, and our sincerity of endeavor". This is so true, and we should keep this in mind in everything we do.

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  13. BipinFebruary 27, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

    A very beautiful explanation of sincerity. If we sincerely practice sincerity in our endeavours, we will reach our goal in spiritual practice.

    Hare Krishna

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  14. priya aiyarFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:25 AM

    It is easy to know for ourselves what we are. We need only be honest in our endeavour and that is pleasing both to Guru and Krishna.Thanks for sharing this profound realization.

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  15. madhuraFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    Amazing!

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  16. SwapnilMarch 2, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    Very profound statement by Radhanath Swami

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  17. ChandrikaSeptember 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    This needs to be heard repeatedly.

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