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At the age of only nineteen, Radhanath Swami left his home in America seeking adventure and spiritual knowledge. After trekking across Europe for months, Radhanath Swami reached his long hoped for destination: India. After living there for many years as a sadhu or wandering monk, Radhanath Swami 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 Radhanath Swami 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 - Autobiography of an American Swami. Reviewers have called Radhanath Swami'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. Radhanath Swami's 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 Bengali Vaishnava Saint, 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.
RadhanathMaharaj.net gives us a complete collection of the teaching of Radhanath Swami. Teachings consists of Transcriptions of lectures delivered by Radhanath Swami at various places. This website is to inspire the followers of Radhanath Swami to practice the philosophy of Vaishanavism.
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 fe
Read more“çaìkha-dundubhi-ghoñeëa
brahma-ghoñeëa cartvijäm
viveça bhavanaà véraù
stüyamäno gata-smayaù”
SB 4.21.5
SYNONYMS
çaìkha—conchshells; dundubhi—kettledrums; ghoñeëa—by the sound of; brahma—Vedic; ghoñeëa—chanting; ca—also; åtvijäm—of the priests; viveça—entered; bhavanam—the palace; véraù—the King; stüyamänaù—being worshiped; gata-smayaù—without pride.
TRANSLATION
Read moreRadhastami, a day to meditate on the deepest mystery
Read moreIn the review of scripture the ultimate architect knowledge is shree Krishna the personality of godhead. The purpose of performing sacrifice is to please him. Yoga is to realizing him all spiritual activities are ultimately rewarded by him only. He is the supreme knowledge and all severe austerities are performed by him. Religion, dharma is remembering loving service under him. He is the supreme god. Purport by his divine grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami prabhupada.
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Tags: Devotees, godhead, Knowledge, Krishna, lord chaitanya, love, please, Radhanath Swami, SB 1.02.28, SB 1.02.29I would like to thank all of you for kindly taking your precious time to come to this most auspicious place of Sri Rama Mandir to join us to hear and chant the glories of Supreme personality of Godhead. In fact, each moment really is so precious that Vishnu Purana explains that there is nothing so precious in all over creation as each moment that we have in this valuable and rare human form of life. And there is no greater misfortune than to waste a single moment in forgetfulness of Lord Narayana.
Read moreMaharaj Nimi continued mayavadis generally want freedom from accepting a material body because they fear having to give it up again but devotees whose intelligence is always filled with the service of the lord are unafraid indeed they take advantage of body to render transcendental loving service.
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By H.H. Radhanath Swami
27th August 2009
Radhastami, a day to meditate on the deepest mysteries of Vedas
It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to be with us in Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temple to celebrate Radhastami. A day in which we meditate upon the deepest mystery buried within the vast treasure of the Vedic scriptures. According to a particular person’s level of spiritual awareness, and their particular inclinations, Srila Vyasadev, has compiled the Vedic literatures in such a way to elevate the consciousness of humanity. There are puranas specifically ingrained in the mode of ignorance, knowing that there is no other way to help them except to somehow try to lift them to the mode of passion. And for those in the mode of passion, to somehow lift them to the mode of goodness. And for those in the mode of goodness, to lift them to the transcendental plain.
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