Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami is a guide, community builder, activist, and acclaimed author. He has been a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and spiritual teacher for more than 40 years. He is the inspiration behind ISKCON's free midday meal for 1.2 million school kids across India, and he has been instrumental in founding the Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mumbai. He works largely from Mumbai in India, and travels extensively throughout Europe and America. In the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, he serves as a member...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth7 December 1950
CountryUnited States of America
Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
Definition of love: capacity to forgive endlessly.
A virtue which is divine is humility. A person who could do great things and still maintain humility of the heart, charity of the heart, goodness of the heart is a person who could actually make a difference in peoples lives in a very positive way.
When you advance in Krishna Consciousness it is more difficult to tolerate being honored than to tolerate being dishonored.
When we face difficulties and still remain faithful to Krishna and spiritual master we access the infinite mercy of their hearts.
Renunciation means death of false ego.
Don't let a breath escape from your body without Krishna's name. That should be our determination throughout our life.
The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation.
The more you feel you are fallen; the more you fall in love with God.
Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.
Materialism is the consciousness of wanting to exploit and enjoy.
Taking responsibility of others means to be selfless. We have to put aside our own well being and desires as secondary and to think primarily of what is best for the persons who are looking up to us.
We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.
Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help peoples faith and not to disturb it.