Radhanath Swami tells a true story

I want to tell the story of a lady Kuntidevi, also a disciple of my guru Srila Prabhupad. She was never a big leader; she was never a person that people honored and respected as being a person of high position. She was a simple mother and a very, very dedicated devotee of…

Radhanath Swami on the Spider’s Web

Our guru Srila Prabhupada defined maya: maya is that which is not. We are attracted to the various temptations in the world thinking theywill make us happy—if I have this, if I am this, if I get this, I’ll be happy. But actually, it is like a spider’s web…

What is important? by Radhanath Swami

We should know–Bhoktaram yagya tapasam sarva loka maheshvaram–that everything is the property of Krishna. We should never think in terms of I and mine, never claim this body to be ourselves, and never claim that anything in relationship…

Krishna – the ‘All Attractive’

Krishna explains in Bhagavad-Gita that all beautiful things within this world are but tiny sparks of His beauty. The name ‘Krishna’ means ‘all attractive’, ‘supremely attractive.’ The reason the soul is attracted to things or people of this world is because…