Radhanath Swami Compassion Quotations

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.

My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.

If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die, rather it manifests in the form of compassion. That is universal love. It is not just a sentiment. It cannot be manifested merely by a shift in mental disposition. It can only come from inner cleaning, an inner awakening.

Compassion is an essential element of love.

Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.

Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.

Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.

Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.

Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.

Lord's love manifests in this world as compasssion.

We must be instruments of God's compassion to those who are suffering.