Enlightenment

HH Radhannatha Swami

Inner Journey

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Where does Krishna’s protection manifest? - 1 -    2011.10.9

How to gain the right to enter Vrindavan Dham? - 2 -   2005.07.18

Sacisutashtakam

"Low self-esteem is one of the biggest problems in the world, not only for the apparent ..." - Radhanath Swami
"down traden people but even the big big people controlling very very high positions. Low self-esteem really means a lack of really fulfillment..."

From Low Self Esteem To Self Confidence

" A person who has faith looks for positive opportunities in every situation ..." - Radhanath Swami
"One with low selfish steam is always seeing negativity. But one who has self confidence and faith that person is always seeing positive...."

The Secret Of Enthusiasm And Happiness

"This world is a place of fear. The most prominent expenditures within society today all over the planet are based on fear. How much time, energy and money are spent on..." - Radhanath Swami


Fear And The Way Out Of It

"Have you seen elephants, what they could do? I have personally seen big male elephants... " - Radhanath Swami
"raped their truck around a sizable tree and just wreeped them right with routs out of ground and throw it. They are powerfull. But when elephant goes... "

How To Transform Every Situation Into An Opportunity For Devotional Service

HH Prahladananda Swami - Better be a bear /  BG 15.8 - Sunday Feast

Pune Yatra 2005 - 04-Seeing Krsna 01 (HH Devamrita Swami)

The Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared on earth 500 years ago in the form of Lord Caitanya, who is God Himself playing the role of a devotee of Godhead. The eight verses entitled Sri Sri Sikshatakam, which were the only written instructions of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, reveals the essence of the Krishna consciousness movement.

Sikshastakam

Kirtan at Laguna/  unmiced

A beautiful Hare Krishna Kirtan by Yugadharma Band.

Lead Vocals: Rohit Kaushik
Percussion: Amalatma Das
Chorus: Amit, Kishon & Kiran
Recorded at: Pranava Studios
Masterd by: Hriday Goswami

Hare Krishna Kirtan - Rohith Kaushik, Yugadharma

A two minute excerpt from a lecture by Srila Prabhupada on mind and its attributes.

Mind is like the driver - Srila Prabhupada

How to think of Lord Krishna always?

"According to our state of consciousness, we perceive the world, we tend to have a certain attitude towards the world..." - Radhanath Swami.

This World is a Mirror of Our Own Consciousness

"The laws of karma, the Vedas say, are intricate and confusing. And yet, it is important to understand..." - Radhanath Swami.

The principle of Karma

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.
