SP SB 6  -  01 Hawaii 1975 - 06 - 08 Saving The Independent From Hell

Spiritual Stories by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Prabhupada Stories

PS-03  Alexander The Great

Heroic Archetypes - Jai Jagannath Das

Sharad Purnima 15.8.18 Balaram Purnima Abhishek Kirtan

Kirtan during the final evening of the 'Living the Bhagavatam' retreat in New Raman Reti (Alachua, FL), 2018.

Raman Reti Kirtan

Visvambhara- Jaya Radha Madhava @Living the Bhagavatam Retreat, NRR 5.20.18

HH Radhanath Swami at The Memorial Event for HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj by Bhakti Vendanta Manor

Bhadra Go To Goloka: HH Radhanath Swami HH Bhakti Raghava Swami HG Bhima Prabhu& HG Vaisesika Prabhu

An Important Lesson For Relationships

Damodarastakam - Visvambhar 11.1.20

Following in the footsteps does not mean imitating, if we pretend to be gopas or gopis, it will never go beyond our mental imagination. But the spirit of selfless service, the spirit of truly humbly, tasting the sweetness of Krishna's name, the spirit of living without ego or selfishness and the spirit of tasting the sweetness of Krishna's pastimes, naturally, as our true genuine love awakens, then by the mercy of Guru and vaihnava, by Srila Prabhupada's divine grace, then we will be connected to the residents of Vrindavan. Because Srila Prabhupada and our achryas are eternal residents of Vrindavan, we are all just trying to connect through following their instructions, through receiving their grace and through pleasing them. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna in the spirit of the love of Shri Radha, feeling that love and distributing that love and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu made the most profound difficult thing so simple. We can enter into the realm of Vrindavan by developing this true mood of servant of the servant, by hearing these wonderful past times and by cultivating a genuine taste for chanting the holy name.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna , Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare

The Significance of Damodar Bandhan Pastime

Don’t think that because you are wearing saffron it does not mean you are not going to be complacent. We find this is the reason most grihasthas lose their faith in sannyasis and sadhus and babajis and brahmacharis because they see them just lying around, eating rotis. They are not doing any seva, they are not struggling, they might sleep on the ground, but so what? The animals are also sleeping on the ground. They have to be actually honestly striving, struggling, working hard, performing austerities for the benefit of humanity and for the service of Krishna. That type of person we want to associate with.

How To Overcome Complacency?

Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassi (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths.
Born Richard Slavin, on December 7, 1950, in his teens he came to confront a deep sense of alienation from suburban Chicago life and the civil injustices of mid-century America. At the age of nineteen, while on a summer trip to Europe, his internal struggles culminated in a commitment to search for God wherever it might lead him. Meditating on the Isle of Crete, he felt a supernatural calling and the next morning set off alone to find spiritual India. The Journey Home documents his odyssey as a penniless hitch-hiker though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India. There he lived as a wandering ascetic, first amongst the forest dwelling Himalayan yogis and later amongst a wide variety of gurus and spiritual practitioners throughout India and Nepal. Ultimately, he was led to the holy town of Vrindavan, where he found his path amongst the Bhakti-yogis.
In Vrindavan he found the teacher he was searching for in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and representative of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (the Krishna-bhakti tradition stemming from the 16th century mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya). In choosing Bhaktivedanta Swami, as his guru, Radhanath Swami felt compelled to shear his matted locks and reenter Western society with a mission to share the sacred wisdom he had received. This return exemplifies the form of devotional yoga which is at the heart of Radhanath Swami’s teachings, a spiritual practice expressed as tangible action meant to bring about personal fulfillment and benefit the world.
At the the age of 31 he took the monastic vows of a Vaishnava sanyassin and became known as Radhanath Swami.
Today Radhanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, Europe and North America, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. He resides much of the year at the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty-five years he has guided the community’s development and has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, which daily serves more than 260,000 plates of sanctified vegetarian food to the children of the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams, an orphanage, and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India.
