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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.
I specially respect HH Nitya Advita Swami Maharaj one of the disciples of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada…., I specially welcome Sri Jaganath das Prabhu great disciples HH Sri Narayan Maharaj his one of the dearest friend of our Spritiual Master from the glories of Vrindavan of Navadvipam Dham ..and I would like to offer my great respects to the lotus feet of all you Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami in the Caitanya Charitamrta again and again offers his respectful obeisances to all those who took time to hear the divine sound vibration of his words, in fac
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prabhava-vaibhava-rupe dvi-vidha prakasa ( CC AL 2.97)
The personality of Godhead Sri Krishna enjoys himself in six primary expansions. His two manifestations are Prabhava and vaibhava.
trahi trastan bhrtya-vitrasa-hasi
rupam cedam paurusam dhyana-dhisnyam
ma pratyaksam mamsa-drsam krsisthah
My lord, because you dispell all the fear of your devotees, I request You to save us and give us protection from the terrible fear of Kamsa. Your form as Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is appreciated by yogis in meditation. Please make this form invisible for those who see with material eyes.
Purport by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada.
There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work.
Purport by His Devine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupad
The personality of Godhead is who is described as the absolute whole in the vedas, Bhagvatam, Upanishads & other transcendental literatures no one is equal to Him. Through their service devotees see that the Personality of Godhead just as the denizens of heaven sees the Personality of the Sun.
Purport by Srila Prabhupad.
It is said that wherever the devotees come together to chant the holy names of the Lord, that place is the most auspicious of all auspicious places. Mangalam mangalam… It is described in the shashtra that Krsna is all auspicious. And nothing in auspicious can remain in the presence of the Lord. Just as darkness cannot possibly remain in the presence of light. Nama chintamani Krsna chaitanya rasa-vigraha. And Krsna or Bhagvan is non-different than His names. Therefore nothing inauspicious can remain in the presence of God’s names.
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Bhog aishwarya prasaktanaam
tayapahrta-cetasam
vyavasayatmika buddhih
samadhau na vidhiyate
Translation:
In the minds of those who are too attached to material opulence and sense gratification, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to the Lord cannot take place.
tvam asya lokasya vibho riraksisur
grhe 'vatirno 'si mamäkhileshvara
räjanya-samjnasura-koti-yüthapair
nirvyühyamänä nihanisyase camüh
Translation:
Oh my Lord proprietor of all creations you have now appeared in my house desiring to protect this world. I am sure that you will kill all the armies that are moving all over the world under the leadership of politicians who are dressed as kstriaya rulers, but who are factually demons and they must be killed by you for the protection of the innocent people.
sei bhakta-gana haya dvi-vidha prakara
parisad-gana eka, sadhaka-gana ara
Such pure devotees are of two types: personal associates [parisats]
and neophyte devotees [sadhakas].