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Substance of Bhakti is Surrender and Humility.

Radhanath Swami

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Radhanath Swami
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: December 7
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Bhakti
Surrender
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Humility

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Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet, behind the veil of superficiality and hypocrisy, I always believed in the inherent beauty of God that lies at the essence of all true spiritual paths.
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