Archives
- 2012
- Feb04The Power of Inquiry“One great saintly personality remarked that everyone spends their lives within a series of questions ...”
- Jan28Hope in Pain“Whatever God does is ultimately a miracle for our pleasure. Even the punishments are ultimately ...”18Deity and Omnipresent God“Many times people ask, “If God is omnipresent, why worship a Deity?” If God is omnipresent, ...”03Love Means to Give“The essential need within every living being is to seek pleasure. What do people do ...”
- 2011
- Dec22God’s Special Effects“We wake up in the night and we find ourselves in the middle of the ...”
- Nov27Penetrating the Cloud of False Ego“False ego is the basic principle of all material bondage. It is the beginning and ...”22Humility Means Honesty“Humility really means honesty. Humility simply means being truthful. What do we have to brag ...”01When the Supreme Controller becomes Controlled“The path of bhakti is supreme. When you love Krishna, Krishna agrees to be conquered ...”
- Oct24Many Religions—ONE GOD“In the various religions of the world, we find the Lord revealing Himself to different ...”10All Merciful, All Beautiful -LOVE“Krishna is all-attractive, because it is Krishna alone who can perfectly love us with unlimited ...”04Square Peg In a Round Hole“Material existence is a place of much confusion and suffering. The reason for that is ...”
- Sep22The Real Meaning of Religion“When we are asked to give our time to our spiritual development we do not ...”15The Secret to A Happy Married Life“Married life means our home is not ours; our home is meant to serve others. If ...”06Who is Radha?“Krishna, who is the one supreme absolute truth, expands himself as Radha or Srimati Radharani, ...”
- Aug27The Ultimate Purpose of Life“There are many goals of life people strive to achieve. The four basic goals that ...”21Unconditional Service“One of the most famous inaugural presidential addresses in the United States history was given ...”12Compassion - The Highest Spiritual Truth“The fundamental need of all of us is love. Every living being is looking for ...”
- Jul28Forgetfulness of Love of Godhead“Love of God is dormant in everyone’s heart, but we have forgotten it. All problems ...”20The Quest for Truth“Sometimes it is said that man is a rational animal. Now, if you take away ...”16Knowledge Comes but Wisdom Lingers“It’s a philosophical truth that whoever we are, there is always someone who can create ...”08Anything Good Entails a Struggle to Preserve“There’s always a battle between the higher and lower natures, both within the hearts of ...”
- Jun29Perceive Everything in Truth and Reality“‘Avidya’ means ignorance, and this is the greatest disease on earth. Just as disease has ...”22Education Means to Bring out What Is Within Us“We are the conscious force that is animating our body. According to all the great ...”14A devotee of the Lord has no fear of Death“ Death is compared to a cat and an ordinary person is like a mouse. When ...”07The Need for Good Character“In the early times colleges and universities were founded on the basis of religion. They ...”
- May26Radhanath Swami - Kirtan and Harmony“When we are chanting the holy names in congregation, if the leader of the kirtan ...”18Real Happiness - Radhanath Swami“First of all we must know that in our own life our real happiness is ...”12Compassion: Essence of Religion“It is described that the mercy of God is like the sun. The sun does ...”07Who is spiritually advanced?“Who is spiritually advanced? Not someone who just gives sermons nicely. Anyone can speak the ...”02Radhanath Swami on “Devotee is Equipoised & Selfless”“A devotee tolerates happiness and distress that comes into his/her life knowing that the purpose ...”
- Apr23Radhanath Swami on the Special Opulence of Human Beings“There are 8,400,000 species of life within the world and each species of life has ...”16Radhanath Swami on Austerity“It is factually by the empowerment of the Supreme Lord that we can make any ...”12Radhanath Swami Speaks About the Panacea for this Age“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy we are living in there is no greater ...”05Radhanath Swami on Real Unity“Unity of individual souls is very difficult in this world. There have been many attempts, ...”
- Mar30Radhanath Swami tells a true story“I want to tell the story of a lady Kuntidevi, also a disciple of my ...”28Radhanath Swami on Pain and Suffering“A few years ago one of my dear friends His Holiness Sridhar Swami Maharaj departed ...”25Radhanath Swami on the Spider’s Web“Our guru Srila Prabhupada defined maya: maya is that which is not. We are attracted ...”23Radhanath Swami Compares the Laws of Karma and the Law of Gravity“If we surrender to God, we are free of karma. How is that? Because when ...”20What is important? by Radhanath Swami“We should know--Bhoktaram yagya tapasam sarva loka maheshvaram--that everything is the property of Krishna. We ...”15Radhanath Swami tells the ‘Story of Our Lives.'“There was a famous best selling book in the west. The book describes how a ...”12Radhanath Swami on ‘Stress can be Positive'“Stress is good if it motivates us for the right purpose. It is according to ...”09Radhanath Swami on ‘Happiness with a Foundation’“Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita, “I am the ability in man and woman. I am ...”04Krishna – the ‘All Attractive’“Krishna explains in Bhagavad-Gita that all beautiful things within this world are but tiny sparks ...”
- Feb28Radhanath Swami on Gratitude“Gratitude is a divine virtue so important that practically no other divine virtues could exist without it. ...”25The Mind is like a Mirror - Radhanath Swami“The mind is considered to be like a mirror. The soul is seen through this ...”22Radhanath Swami speaks about ‘The Highest Blessing’“The real blessing that the soul is looking for is the blessing of the connection ...”18Time is Devouring Everything—Imperceptibly“Within the material existence time is imperceptibly devouring everything. Young people have a very difficult ...”14Radhanath Swami on Time“Time is a very deep and incredible subject matter. Now we may have a superficial ...”09Radhanath Swami on the Difference between Lust and Love“The difference between lust and love is that one is based on ignorance and the ...”07The Spiritual World“In the spiritual world all walking is dancing, all speaking is singing; everyone is for ...”03How does the holy name purify us?“It is not that we are just chanting the holy names and therefore we are ...”
- Jan31Radhanath Swami on Fear“The controlling factor of the entire material existence is fear. Why? Where there is lust, ...”27Radhanath Swami Speaks on Social Problems“If we leave the kitchen in a mess, then we are actually sending an invitation ...”24Radhanath Swami on ‘Limitations of the Human Brain.’“For a human being to conceive of the universe is like a tiny insignificant ant ...”2014Both the Path of Enjoyment and Renunciation are Artificial“The Supreme Lord, both when He came as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and when He came as ...”11A Serious Turning Point of Radhanath Swami’s Life“It was a very serious turning point in my life. I saw some people believed ...”07Radhanath Swami Compares Faith with Science“Some people think that faith is inferior to what we call as science. But no ...”04Radhanath on the Nature of God’s Love“This is how the Absolute Truth is explained in our Vedic literatures: although He is ...”
- 2010
- Dec29Radhanath Swami on Real Love“We often mistake temporary pleasures of the world to be love. This mistaking of temporary ...”24Radhanath Swami on the Incredible Discovery of his Life“The most incredible discovery of my life was the simple truth that all of our ...”17How to Feed the Good Dog?“We have often given the example of the good dog and the bad dog. Krishna ...”14Radhanath Swami - Finding a Common Centre“For there to be harmony in this world, there has to be a common centre. ...”10Worry for the Highest Purpose - Radhanath Swami“Everything can be utilized for the highest purpose—even worry. A person who is connected to ...”06Radhanath Swami Speaks on The Spiritual World“The path of devotion teaches us the simple principle that we are all individual, eternal ...”05Radhanath Swami - Power, Knowledge and Love“Energy and power, people consider it very important. But knowledge is more important, because only ...”03Good Health or Disease“Every part of a healthy body is serving the whole body. The eyes are directing ...”02The Problem with the Theory of Evolution - Radhanath Swami“I was told by some geologists that if we don’t start changing our policies as ...”01Ultimate Solution to all Problems“The highest of all solutions to all problems is to understand our origin. Who are ...”
- Nov30The Material Plane - Exploitation and Conflicts“On the material plane, even to survive there is so much exploitation. In Srimad Bhagavatam ...”29Radhanath Swami - Our Real Home“Our real home is where there is comfort, where there is trust, where there is ...”What is the Cause of Worry? - Radhanath Swami“There are numberless reasons to worry within the world we live. We may be worried ...”26Radhanath Swamy - Deity Worship in World Traditions“When we go to the church, there is generally always a crucifix with Lord Jesus ...”25Radhanath Swamy Speaks on Alcoholics Anonymous“In Mumbai, some noble souls would regularly invite me to Alcoholics Anonymous. I found in ...”23Radhanatha Swami - Don’t Give up“As long as you don’t give up you are never defeated. In any project, we ...”21Get out of Prison - Radhanath Swami“Success in life has nothing to do with making a comfortable happy situation in the ...”19Radhanatha Swami - Poverty of the Rich“Years ago, I met with Mother Teresa. A newspaper reporter was glorifying her for nicely ...”18Radhanath Swami Speaks on 'I' and 'Mine'“This sense of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ individually and collectively is creating chaos on personal, national, ...”17Mercy comes to the impoverished - Radhanath Swami“Mercy is like water. It naturally goes to the lowest level. One who feels oneself ...”15Austerity of Speech“Our conditioned tendency is to criticize others, and to try to convince people that we ...”14A Healthy Spiritual State - Radhanath Swami“When we want respect, we should understand our material fever is increasing. When we want ...”12Radhanath Swami Speaks on Real Problems“We can be victorious in our life, conquer others and get great prestige and glory, ...”11Radhanath Swami on the Greatest Tragedy“The greatest tragedy in all of creation is not the death of a loved one, ...”Radhanath Swami on Lust and Ego“The fact is the living entity is pleasure seeking. We cannot stop looking for pleasure ...”10What does death mean? - Radhanath Swami“Death means everything we have given our whole life to will be snatched away in ...”09Listen To Good Advice“My father told me when he was young, nobody had any idea that cigarettes were ...”08Radhanath Swami - Experience is the best teacher…“A few years ago, I met an old friend of mine. We grew up together ...”03Radhanath Swami Speaking on Power and Degradation“If someone has a very big position—King, Prime Minister, President—we should on one level respect ...”
- Oct31Radhanath Swami - Advice to a newly wed couple“Lord Ram was willing to fight one of the greatest wars in history just to ...”29Radhanath Swami - Duties of a family person“The scriptures explain that one of the foremost duties of a family person is to ...”27Eating, sleeping, mating and defending“Dogs are running on four legs, and humans are running on four wheels. What is ...”26Radhanath Swami Speaking on Power of Credit Cards“Credit cards, which are in one sense just little pieces of plastic, have the power ...”25Radhanath Swami - Surrender in Crisis“I remember on many occasions friends quite dear to my life contracted horrible diseases by ...”Wild Jungles, Urban Predators - Radhanath Swami“In 1970 I lived for sometime in the forests of the Himalayas at river banks ...”22Radhanath Swami Speaking on Test of Crisis“When we are put in a condition of great crisis that is when our inner ...”20Radhanath Swami - Who is more Dangerous?“Among the innumerable animals of the world, two are most deadly: the serpent and the ...”Material Life - Radhanath Swami“When I was young boy the most popular President of the United States was John ...”18Radhanath Swami Speaking on Frustrating Success“ In the 1960’s the most famous people in the world were a band of musicians. ...”Radhanath Swami - We Are What We Eat“We can tell a person’s consciousness by what they eat and how they eat. There ...”15Miracle of Nature - Radhanath Swami“Everything we have is coming from the earth. Our bodies, food, homes, even our computers ...”Radhanath Swami - Reason for suffering“Everyone tries to claim as their own what belongs to God. Therefore, there is so ...”13Radhanath Swami Speaking on - Temporary Relationships“A man and woman see each other; they become very much attracted, and maya or ...”12Material happiness is temporary - Radhanath Swami“When I was a little boy, I read a newspaper article about one of the ...”Radhanath Swami - Money and Misery“Material desire or lust burns like fire. No matter how much fuel you give it, ...”10Tennis and art of Compassion - Radhanath Swami“One tennis player told me a story about one of the highlights of his tennis ...”08Radhanath Swami Speaking About Real Charity“Many people in the world today are charitable; they like to help the poor. But ...”07Radhanath Swami - Love is reciprocal“If we do not feel loved, it is probably because we are not showing love. ...”05Compassion - Radhanath Swami“Great souls feel compassion for the suffering of living beings. They do not see anything ...”Radhanath Swami - Seeing God’s Love in Suffering“When a parent sees a child has potential for his bright future but that child ...”04Radhanath Swami Speaking About Actual Love“To help people on the spiritual path is real love. It may not be a ...”02Longing for Love of God - Radhanath Swami“People are starving for God’s love. They are lonely. But they have created a whole ...”
- Sep30Radhanath Swami - Create a Home Full of Love“The purpose of human society is to create, with all God given gifts in the ...”29Work as an act of worship by Radhanath Swami“Our whole life should be an act of worship. We should aim for spiritual purification ...”28Radhanath Swami on Harmonizing our lives“‘I have my material responsibility and I have my spiritual life, and they are two ...”27As Deep as an Ocean“During the monsoon the rivers flood, whereas in the summer season they trickle; but to ...”Radhanath Swami Speaking on Three Realizations of God“The scriptures explain there are three realizations of God. One is the unmanifest impersonal light ...”24Good Karma - Radhanath Swami“Karma means good work. Vikarma means bad work in ego and there is akarma, which ...”Radhanath Swami - God is the Doer“Our work is pure when we realize we are not the doer, but are an ...”23Radhanath Swami Speaking About Pure Names of God“The name of God is the incarnation of God that is always present within this ...”21The Greatest Charity - Radhanath Swami“We should be good. We should be charitable. We should be pious. But we should ...”20Radhanath Swami on Purifying the mind and ego“The false ego, ahankara, is when we forget our real identity—the spirit soul—and we think, ...”Radhanath Swami - True Function of the Soul“Beyond the senses, the mind, the intelligence and the ego is the soul. The soul ...”17Radhanath Swami on Mind, Intelligence and Ego“Can we see a thought? Touch a thought? Taste a thought? None of the senses ...”Fixing the Mind on the Deity - Radhanath Swami“There is a need to keep our mind fixed on God. It’s wonderful to do ...”15Radhanath Swami - Formula for Living a Spiritual Life“Follow these three things: regularly associating with saintly people, chanting the holy name preferably every ...”Spiritual Practices at Home - Radhanath Swami“We should make a little temple in our house. Put it in a nice and ...”14Radhanath Swami - Perfect Charity“Charity is of three types: charity to the body, charity to the mind and charity ...”12Radhanath Swami Speaking About Cleansing the Mind by Chanting“The mind is meant to reflect into the world through our senses the love of ...”11Radhanath swami on Art of chanting the holy names“We should take the name of God as a medicine. The guru is like a ...”10Building a Spiritual Foundation - Radhanath Swami“Whether we are doctors, lawyers, businesspersons, judges, farmers, monks, students, homemakers or secretaries; whatever our ...”09Radhanath Swami - Who is a Saintly Person?“Who is a saintly person? A saintly person is not one who shaves head or ...”08Applying Spirituality in Life - Radhanath Swami“How can we apply spirituality to our lives? The first and most important thing explained ...”07Radhanath Swami on Compassion of saintly people“Walking along a sea shore, I saw a little fish stuck on the sand flapping ...”06Power Of Inquiry by Radhanath Swami“A dog is running on four legs and by our great technology we are now ...”03Radhanath Swami on God's Love“We see some people are suffering so terribly. Sometimes it is very bewildering, ‘Why God ...”
- Aug31Pure love from a Perfect God“Whatever God does is perfect and complete. What is most perfect? It is pure, unmotivated, ...”28Ideal Taxes - Radhanath Swami“By God’s divine arrangement the sun extracts the water, stores it into clouds, which go ...”26Radhanath Swami's Article on God in Vedic Scriptures“In the Bible and in the Qur’an we find that God is scolding all sinners ...”22Yoga of Work - Radhanath Swami“Yoga means to reconnect our consciousness with God, and the yoga of work is to ...”21Radhanath Swami - Enjoy Eternal Peace“There is temporary mental peace of material world and there is the eternal peace of ...”19Radhanath Swami - Love and Peace“Recently some one told me that they were meditating and they were finding great peace ...”16Radhanath Swami's Article on Supreme Goal of Yoga“As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind ...”12Guru gives God’s Grace - Radhanath Swami“A real guru teaches according to the previous masters. He is the humble servant of ...”10Work in Divine Consciousness“Many people say that work is worship. They feel that if they do not do ...”06Radhanath Swami - How to become great?“Krishna explains who is qualified for spiritual for life: “A person who is always chanting ...”05Radhanath Swami's Article on Freeing Our Heart of Darkness“When the big dark cloud of ignorance enters into our lives and covers the full ...”02Radhanath Swami - Hope in Chaos“Politicians want to try to make adjustments to change the chaotic condition of society but ...”
- Jul31Love is Beyond Liberation - by Radhanath Swami“We don’t chant the name of the Lord, expecting some material relief. But we chant ...”28Work In Unity With God“There is a need for everyone’s contribution in society. But real need is that everyone ...”26Radhanath Swami's Article on Miracle of God“No man could ever imitate what God has done. What can we create? What can ...”23Finding contentment - By Radhanath Swami“ People are discontent. Because of this discontentment, there is no peace in the world. The scientists ...”21Radhanath Swami - Unfortunate condition of the world.“Human form of life is meant for real satisfaction, which comes through self-realization that comes ...”19Radhanath Swami's Article On Greed“Greed, this aspiration for more and more, is the greatest illusion and the cause of ...”17Blessings of a Sadhu - by Radhanath Swami“A sadhu’s duty is to give us an understanding of how to realize God, which ...”15Radhanath Swami - What do we mean by fate?“ Man is the maker of his own destiny or fate. For every action there is ...”13Relative and Absolute Truth by Radhanath Swami“Relative truth means that each truth is interdependent on the previous truth to exist. Why ...”12Does God Give Freedom?“God gives freedom. If God didn’t give us freedom, if God simply programmed us to love, ...”
- Jun30Helping the Poor“What is the definition of poor? Those who are poor in heart are really poor; ...”25Radhanath Swami proves Is there a God?“Is everything coming from something or is everything coming from nothing? Now, in our scientific ...”24Radhanath Swami's Article on Experiencing Spirituality“Theory without experience and realization is useless. I was speaking recently to a prestigious man ...”23Radhanath Swami's Article on Love Gives, Greed Takes“People are passing out of colleges with all sorts of big, wonderful, fancy degrees but ...”22Peace is within, not without by Radhanath Swami“I have seen people who live in beautiful apartments worth sometimes 5 - 6 million ...”21Radhanath Swami's Article on Do Unto Others“Eating non-vegetarian food is not conducive to the positive progress of our consciousness. Part of ...”19Forget two things, remember two things - Radhanath Swami“Two things to forget are: a) Anything bad anyone has done to us. To the extent ...”18Light in Darkness by Radhanath swami“This material world is a place of darkness. In darkness there is always fear. Violence, ...”17Radhanath swami on The Cooling Moon“The moon has a very special position as it is considered the very symbol of ...”16Radhanath Swami on Death of a King“Our guru maharaj told us a story about a very wealthy king. He lived just ...”06Radhanath Swami teaches The Balancing Act“To balance our lives is a very important part of spirituality. We have our occupation ...”
- May29Approaching Gita like Arjuna by Radhanath Swami“The sense of urgency, that submissiveness that Arjuna had when he approached Krishna is what ...”The Art of Work - Article by Radhanath swami“The Gita teaches that we can perform the perfection of yogic process by doing our ...”Gospel on the battlefield“Why was Gita spoken on the battlefield? Krishna could have spoken to Arjuna in a ...”11Radhanath Swami on Knowledge“Knowledge is like a seed and our heart is like an agricultural field. Unless, the ...”Radhanath swami - With every rising and setting of the sun“The most valuable thing we have is every precious moment that God has given us. ...”Determination attracts higher powers“The story is given of a sparrow who laid her eggs on a beach. Unfortunately, ...”Water is wealth“The earth’s wealth is in the form of water because nothing can survive without water. ...”Rain of God's Mercy“This material existence is like a burning forest fire. It is burning our hearts. Who ...”In the World, but not of the World“There is a famous saying, “Be in the world but not of the world.” This ...”Culmination of all Knowledge“We must cultivate philosophical knowledge in order to have a proper understanding by which we ...”Two Qualities that Attract God’s Mercy“Every step of our spiritual development is only by the grace of God. By simply ...”The Supreme Supporter“The Supreme Absolute Truth is the support on whom all living beings are eternally dependant. ...”Purpose of Knowledge“The goal, the conclusion of all knowledge is the complete cleansing of the mind and ...”As pure as water from the sky“When it rains, the water that comes from the sky is crystal clear. But when ...”Empowered to help“When we hear a spiritual discourse, the treasure of God’s mercy is entering into our ...”Students as future leaders“As students you can use all your gifts for the ultimate welfare of the human ...”Seeing through our ears“With every blooming of a flower, with every song of a bird, in both the ...”Reality of life“In both the auspicious and the inauspicious events of life, there are divine messages to ...”Hijacking of the Soul“We’re on this wonderful airship of the human life traveling back home, back to God. ...”Chariot of the body“In the Holy Scriptures, it is explained that the human body is a chariot. There ...”Endeavor and Destiny“Question: I read in Shrimad Bhagavatam that one should be satisfied with whatever he receives ...”06Work according to our qualities“Krishna describes in the Gita that He created the caste system according to one’s qualities ...”Strength of humility“How do we become strong? One way is by lifting weights. Lifting weights means to struggle ...”Truth – A Universal Principle“Sincere people want to approach religion to learn how to love, to learn how to ...”A lesson from the Ocean“During the dry season, very little water comes from the river into the ocean. Does ...”A Worthy Goal“People make goals, strive with such determination and perform such great sacrifices—for what? For things ...”
- Apr20Culture“Culture is the humility, morality and the wisdom of the heart, expressed through life styles ...”12Simple living, high thinking“Plain living and a high thinking are recommended for everyone. Simplicity means to find balance ...”A Grateful Heart“We can find real liberation and real satisfaction in this life and beyond! And that ...”The Enemies Within“The whole world is discussing, what took place on the September 11th 2001, in New ...”War and Peace“Wars sometime occur in the material world. People do not know what peace is and ...”Humility as Strength“A person who is humble, has some realization of God whereas a proud person has ...”Overcoming difficulties“We are living in times of great uncertainty. We do not know what will happen ...”Real Solution“People’s minds are becoming so much disturbed individually and collectively that there are different kinds ...”Dualities of the World“One must be tolerant in the face of dualities of the world. Whether we are ...”
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