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
Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.
All beautiful forms of this world are in the process of transformation. Nothing is stable. With every moment, our reality is changing. Mother Ganges, like nature, is constant, but no manifestation of hers remains. Likewise, all that we hold dear in this world is imperceptibly vanishing. We cannot cling to anything. But if we can appreciate the beauty of the underlying current of truth, we can enjoy a reality deeper than the fickle waves of joy and sorrow.
Compassion is an essential element of love.
In our conditioned nature we do not understand value of something until we lose it.
Real humility does not depress you, but allows you to call intensely and brings us closer to Krishna.
Out of all the opulences of a living entity its humility which pleases Krishna. Other opulences can also please Krishna if offered with humility.
"I had Krishna and I have lost Him." That is humility.
Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.
A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.
What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect to God in that situation.
To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.
The greater is our sphere of influence, the greater the responsibility.
Opportunities are always there for us to grow, opportunities are always there for us to come closer to each other & come closer to God; if we just look for them.
Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.