Radhanath Swamin

Balaram Jayanthi Festival Class by HH Radhanath Swami on 22nd Aug 2021

Janmashtami Special Class by HH Radhanath Swami on 30th Aug 2021

Srimad Bhagavatam by HH Radhanath Swami (1999)

Radhanath Swami SB 03-19-37 - Devotee Must be Grateful - 1999-06-18 Mumbai

Radhanath Sw Festivals - Vamandev & Jiva Goswami Appearance

How To Not Find Faults In Others?

Churning The Heart With Radhanath Swami At Govardhan Eco Village For Wisdom of The Sages on 16Jan20

Higher Understanding Of Sense Gratification

It was during this visit that Caitanya Mahäprabhu faced toward the direction of the village of Kheturé, and there with a loud voice and tears in His eyes, His body trembling in ecstatic love, He began to call out the name “Narottama! Narottama!,” and He was enraptured in such transformations of love that His devotees were struck with wonder.  They could understand that soon a great personality named, Narottama would be born in that village.  Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu, the next morning, He bathed in the river Padmä, and when He bathed in the river, His own premä, His own love for Kåñëa, He deposited in that river.

Appearance And Childhood Pastimes Of Srila Narottama Das Thakur

Nityananda Trayodasi Talk by HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj at ISKCON Kolkata on 07Feb2020

SB 9-21-18 by HH Radhanath Swami at Sridham Mayapur on Glories Of Srila Iswara Puri 20 Feb 20

The example is given here by Srila Prabhupada of a tree. In the blazing sun a tree gives us shelter. We do not even have to ask the tree. All we have to do is be near the tree. Its not that you go under the tree and say, “Oh, please tree give me shade”. You do not have to ask. You get it, without asking. That’s the nature of a tree. But you have to take the shelter of the tree. The problem is, when it is cloudy day, we do not even look at the tree, right? we just walk by another tree and so many trees. But when the sun is blazing, then we look at the tree. We understand its value. So similarly, unfortunately, when there is not crisis in our lives, we chant yes, the holy name and so many names. “I am chanting so many names”. We come before the deities yes, yes so many deities and saying such a nice deity. But when there is crisis, Hare Krishna. We chant. When there is crisis and we come before the deities we are no longer just nice to again see Krishna. Krishna save me.

Krishna Is The Only Shelter

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.
