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The Journey Home Book

 

In 1970, at the age of only nineteen, Radhanath Swami left his home in America seeking adventure and spiritual knowledge. After trekking across Europe for months, he reached his long hoped for destination: India. After living there for many years as a sadhu or wandering monk, he returned to America in order to share the sacred knowledge and wisdom he had learned from the many holy men and women he had met there. It was an extraordinary choice, given what he had survived to get there: a journey filled with bizarre characters, mystical experiences, and dangerous adventures. The story is recounted in his recently published memoir The Journey Home (San Rafael, CA: Mandala Publishing, 2009). Reviewers have called Radhanath's saga  "at once an engaging yarn, a love story, and the evocation of a transcendent paradise in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor.

Radhanath Swami emerged from his years of travel wanting to explain for others the beauty and rewards of a life devoted to God, and therein lay a dilemma. His many followers and friends describe him as completely selfless and consequently unwilling to take credit for his work and restless when a spotlight is focused on him. By choosing A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (1896-1977), a spiritual activist, as his guru (after declining offers of initiation from several tyagis or renunciants in the Himalayas), Radhanath Swami cast his fate to the wind, cut his matted locks, and entered back into the society.

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“The only secure investment” Srimad Bhagvatam - 22nd August 2009

SB 8.2.33

TEXT

yaù kaçcaneço balino ‘ntakoragät

pracaëòa-vegäd abhidhävato bhåçam

bhétaà prapannaà paripäti yad-bhayän

måtyuù pradhävaty araëaà tam émahi

SYNONYMS

yaù—He who (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); kaçcana—someone; éçaù—the supreme controller; balinaù—very powerful; antaka-uragät—from the great serpent of time, which brings death; pracaëòa-vegät—whose force is fearful; abhidhävataù—who is chasing; bhåçam—endlessly (every hour and every minute); bhétam—one who is afraid of death; prapannam—who is surrendered (to the Supreme Personality of Godhead); paripäti—He protects; yat-bhayät—from fear of the Lord; måtyuù—death itself; pradhävati—runs away; araëam—the actual shelter of everyone; tam—unto Him; émahi—I surrender or take shelter.

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Krsna is always grateful - 23rd August 2009

SB 8.3.1

çré-bädaräyaëir uväca

evaà vyavasito buddhyä

samädhäya mano hådi

jajäpa paramaà jäpyaà

präg-janmany anuçikñitam

SYNONYMS

çré-bädaräyaëiù uväca—Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé said; evam—thus; vyavasitaù—fixed; buddhyä—by intelligence; samädhäya—for concentration; manaù—the mind; hådi—in consciousness or in the heart; jajäpa—he chanted; paramam—a supreme; jäpyam—mantra he had learned from great devotees; präk-janmani—in his previous birth; anuçikñitam—practiced.

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Maya Won’t Let Go Untill We Surrender

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by

HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

29rd August 2009

TEXT 8.3.5

kälena païcatvam iteñu kåtsnaço

lokeñu päleñu ca sarva-hetuñu

tamas tadäséd gahanaà gabhéraà

yas tasya päre ‘bhiviräjate vibhuù

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Forgetting Krsna – the greatest crisis

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by

HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

30th August 2009

SB 8.3.6

(Word to word transcription)

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SB 8.3.6

na yasya devä åñayaù padaà vidur

jantuù punaù ko ‘rhati gantum éritum

yathä naöasyäkåtibhir viceñöato

duratyayänukramaëaù sa mävatu

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Become Hungry For Krishna - 9th August, 2009

H. H. Radhanath Swami

9th August, 2009

Srimad Bhagvatam 8.1.20

SB 8.1.20

tatrendro rocanas tv äséd

deväç ca tuñitädayaù

ürja-stambhädayaù sapta

åñayo brahma-vädinaù

During the reign of Svärociña, the post of Indra was assumed by Rocana, the son of Yajïa. Tuñita and others became the principal demigods, and Ürja, Stambha and others became the seven saints. All of them were faithful devotees of the Lord.

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