"Krishna explains that this material world is His divine nature. When we forget the relation between a person or things with god then our perception is material..." - Radhanath Swami.

Every Situation Is An Opportunity To Express Love For Krishna

then Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu revealed to Ramananda Ray, His true essence. Ramananda Ray was so humble, so humble, he said that Lord Chaitanya was praising him for giving Him so much nectar, and Ramananda Ray said, "I am just a parrot, I am just repeating what You make me to speak. Just like a cloud takes water from the ocean and then pours water on the ocean, You are like the ocean, I am like the cloud, You are giving me the water and the asking me to give it back." Ramananda Ray said, "I am just a puppet and You are the puppeteer. My tongue is just a stringed-instrument and You are the expert musician that is vibrating the sounds through me. Even I do not understand what I am saying, You are making me speak in this way, my Lord!" 
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu revealed to Ramananda Raya, His form of Radha and Krishna, revealing to Ramananda Raya something that no one has ever seen before, Krishna entering deep into the heart of Srimati Radharani to plunder the nectar of the taste of Her love, Ramananda Raya could see it with his divine eyes and he fell to the ground unconscious. Lord Chaitanya touched him and brought him back to consciousness. And Lord Chaitanya said that, "I am the son of Nanda Maharaj, with the ecstasy of Srimati Radharani, but this is a secret. What you have seen, no one has ever seen before. Do not reveal to anyone." Then Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said to Ramananda Raya that, "I cannot give up your association. Immediately, resign from your government service and come to Puri and We will live together for the rest of our lives." He said, "When I complete My south Indian tour, I will meet you in Puri and there, We will discuss Krishna, day and night." Ramananda Raya surrendered, and he did.

Lord Chaitanya's Conversations with Srila Ramananda Raya (Part 2)

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.


Lord Chaitanya's Conversations with Srila Ramananda Raya (Part 2)

Radhanath Swami

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