Param Guru Srila Radhanatha Swami

Guidely Presents "Compassion & Self-Awareness" With HH Radhanath Swami on 01st July 20

HH Radhanath Swami Address on Disappearance of HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj

The Nectar of Devotion and the teachings of Lord Chaitanya to Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami were given in Bengali and Sanskrit. Srila Prabhupada he lived at Prayag too, he had his Prayag pharmacy, In fact His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada was given both first and second initiation at Prayag by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada at the Rupanuga Gaudia Math. Srila Prabhuapda was initiated by Bhakti Sidhnata Saraswati Thakur in the same place that Rupa Goswami was given teachings and mercy and blessings by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. And that is where Bhakti Charu Maharaj had his first personal, physical contact was Srila Prabhupada and it was at that time he was given this instruction to translate Srila Prabhupada's books, all of them in the Bengali language. 
Now Srila Prabhupad's books by that time 1977 were being translated in many languages of the world but Bengali was the very language of Srila Prabhupada's own native tongue. It was the language of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda and Gadadhar Pundit and Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur and Bhkati Vinod Thakur and the six goswamis and Viswanth Chakravarthi Thakur, they were all coming from that Bengali background. Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Sri Chaitanya Bhagavata are primarily written in Bengali with profuse Sanskrit verses. Srila Prabhupada translated from the Sanskrit and Bengali to English and now for the first time he's asking someone to translate these books into the original language of Bengali. Srila Prabhupada had just met Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj, he was not even initiated and yet Srila Prabhupad could see something in him, he could appreciate him so in such a special way that he gave him this very intimate, personal service. Like taking water from the Ganges and offering it back to the Ganges. The literatures like Caitanya Chritamrita were coming from Bengali, given to the world by Srila Prabhupada and Prabhupada is now offering it back into the Bengali language through the loving heart of Bhakti Chari Swami Maharaja. Now translating all his books is really a task, all the Srimad-Bhagavatam, all the Chaitanya Charitamrita, The Nectar of Devotion, Sri Isopanishat, all the small books, Bhagavat Gita, but Bhakti Charu Maharaj immediately accepted the service. He tells how he considered himself totally unqualified and that's how he felt, but Srila Prabhupad saw that his feeling himself unqualified was his qualification. Because when we really feel our self unqualified, but we're sincere and we are serious and we're willing to give our life with without ulterior motives, then Krishna and Guru empowers us. Srila Prabhupad told him that if you just do it through your practice, you will learn. But he was really saying if you just surrender to my instruction, I will empower you.

HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj – The First Meeting With and First Instruction By HDG Srila Prabhupada

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

"Remembering HH Bhakti Charu Swami" A Special Talk by HH Radhanath Swami

Nitai Pada Kamala Session 2 - Lord Nityananda's Pastimes by HH Radhanath Swami

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.
