Radhanath Swami

When I arrived in Mayapur, every evening, I was staying in the Lotus building Jananivas Prabhu would come and bring me Maha Prasad cookies and milk and we would sit and talk for about an hour, about Srila Prabhupad, about Mayapur Dham, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu pastimes with his devotees, it was just wonderful. And this was a highlight of the whole day for me. So one evening, he came. He gave me th...

Sometimes when people ask me, “what does it mean to be humble? because there's so much arrogance in the world today.” One explanation of humility is just to be honest. ‘I am completely dependent on so many gifts that are coming from God and from so many gifts that are coming from God through so many people and so many wonderful gifts of nature and to be grateful. An arrogant heart cannot be gratef...

There are so many problems both in the way humans are living with such enmity toward each other, such enmity toward other living beings, slaughter houses, cruelty has. It's considered normal in Kaliyuga. It is due to pollution within the in ecology of human hearts. When through yoga, through the practice of our spiritual path, we clean the ecology of heart of selfish passion and greed, envy, anger...

I've been in this little body of mine for 64 years; I've never seen any of these things give any sustainable happiness to anyone. And according to the scriptures that is a correct analysis. What are we looking for? We're so distracted, bombarded by these weapons of mass distraction constantly. So many promises if you have this, you'll be happy; if you get this, you'll be happy. But the Bhagavad-Gi...

Sri Rama Navami - Talk by HH Radhanath Swami at Govardhan Eco Village on 10 Apr 2022 by Radhanath Swami

Jamuna has descended from Goloka Vrndavana in to this world, especially to assist in the loving pastimes of Radha and Krishna and specially to bestow pure love of Krishna upon everyone. When we approach Jamuna devi, we should first before touching her waters, we should sincerely bow down our heads to the ground and then we should sprinkle three drops of water on top of our heads. Then we should si...

In fact, anything great, is difficult, cheap things come easily. If you want a cheap relationship, then everything will be easy. But when it becomes difficult, then the relationship is broken. But if we really want our relationship to have deep substance, deep meaning and deep fulfillment, difficulties have to be endured. And how do we do that? From the day of marriage, and throughout our lives, t...

You are feeding the poor. By watering the root of the tree, everyone is nourished. So, everyone's very quick to criticize as soon as you do something for Krishna. But if you do something for your own sense gratification, everyone just accepts that this is normal life, this is expected, this is how you should live. So, Polimara Swami, he is a very simple man. He doesn't have a single piece of jewel...

When he is pleased with us, he can endow us with the powers. But if we become proud, if we think it is my power, if we start to try to enjoy the glory which comes, through whatever Krishna has given us, then Krishna who is independent may anytime by his mercy withdraw it and even if we are a greatest tapasvi, he can make it so that we cannot even control the grossest temptations of our mind and se...

We see in their house very beautiful deities of Gaur Nitai, Jagannath, Baladev, Subhadra, very nice sadhana. Not only do they perform their occupational duties in a very honest and exemplary way, but also, they come to the temple practically every day, eager to chant, worship the deities, render service, always eager to serve vaisnavas, invite them to their homes; devotional service, in any varna...

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu brought the whole world together ratha yatra to join hearts, while we chant the holy names: hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare, hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare. And Srila Prabhupada, in the spirit of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s supreme compassion, he brought the mission of pure devotional service, the spirit of Vrindavan throughout the world and he establishe...

. Sukadev goswami, he learnt from his father Vyasadev, the Vedas. He took all the Vedic literatures, the four Vedas, the hundred and eight Upanishads and those beyond that, eighteen Puranas, there are so many other Puranas as well, these are just the principle ones and all the Histories and Itihasas and all the Dharma shastras, Jyotirveda, Dhanurveda, Ayurveda, Vastuveda, so many literatures, fast...

So today, because of Srila Prabhupada's great desire, there are now millions of people all over the world! In South America, in Russia, in Africa, in Australia, in North America and in Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, in the Far East, devotees are gathered to celebrate this most auspicious day of Phalguna Purnima, the day that Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. Let us offer a p...

The intoxication of spiritual happiness that was showering upon everyone is something that's inconceivable. Just by speaking about this pastime, just by hearing about this pastime with a sincere and faithful heart, we can be transformed forever. As they were all singing and dancing together, Advaita's sons were rejoined with him. Jahnava Devi was seeing her beloved Nityananda again, after so many...

To the extent we taste a drop of love for Krishna, to that extent we feel happiness and a compassion, where it's painful to see anyone without that. And a devotee has no false ego, to impose something on others. A devotee sees that this is the true potential within all people. A devotee wants to remind us of what we have forgotten that we're all part of Krishna and that loving service to Krishna i...

The Srimad-Bhagavatam extolls this principle that the supreme dharma, the very essence of all religion, is loving devotional service to the Supreme Transcendent Godhead. Such service must be unmotivated by any type of arrogance or selfishness and uninterrupted by any type of circumstance or obstacle that may come before us. It is that type of love only that completely satisfies the self ānandamayo...

Kaviraj Goswami tells that Lord Chaitanya with his associates, the Pancha-tattva, they broke the seal of the treasure chest of love of Godhead. When Krishna appeared at the end of the Dwaparyuga with Sri Radha and the vrijvasis, they experienced and revealed to the world the intimate pastimes of Vrindavan. But when they left, that treasure house of love of God in that mood was sealed. Very rare co...

It is glorifying Kaliyuga in this way but in an entire day of Brahma, out of the many, many Kaliyugas that come, only one time does Krishna personally reveal his pastimes of Vrindavan with Sri Radharani and the gopas and the gopis. And only once in a day of Brahma, among many Kaliyugas, does Radharani and Krishna come in one form rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam for the purpose of...

kamala dala jala jivana tala mala. Govinda Das has taught us this eternal principle which is really at the core of all true religion that everything that we identify with and possess in this world, our body, our fame, our accomplishments, our family members, our loved ones, friends, our property, everything, their nature is like a drop of water on a leaf of a lotus flower. At any moment, that drop...

At such times Lord Chaitanya would glorify his devotees. Sometimes it says he would be so enthusiastic to glorify those who were lovingly serving him that it appeared he had five mouths, sometimes many months. In the case of Vasudev Datta, who was willing to suffer perpetually, so that you and me and everyone else could receive the happiness of Krishna consciousness. It says Mahaprabhu spoke with...

Grand Ultadanga Inauguration Talk by HH Radhanath Swami on 21st Feb 2022 by Radhanath Swami

An Answer To Every Question with HH Radhanath Swami with Italian Translation 10 Feb 2022 by Radhanath Swami

72nd Bhakti Tirtha Swami Vyasapuja offering by HH Radhanath Swami 26th Feb 2022 by Radhanath Swami

Now, if we take this same analogy and bring it to a spiritual platform, a purely spiritual platform, the higher principle is that we all have relationships that every living being is a part of God. To forgive is necessary for any relationship to survive.

Inner Change For Outer Change by Radhanath Swami