August 2, 2010 | In: Inspiration

Radhanath Swami – Hope in Chaos

Politicians want to try to make adjustments to change the chaotic condition of society but the most what they can do is suppress it for some time.  And while it’s being suppressed, it appears that things are a little peaceful.  But in the process of suppressing, the disease is getting more terrible from within, and it is just a matter of time till the symptoms come out worse.

A spiritualist understanding this knows that there is only one hope and relief, and that is God, Krishna. Therefore, a devotee is always seeking shelter of Krishna, and never the shelter of the temporary adjustments and arrangements of this world. We may have to do the needful to make adjustments in this world but a devotee puts no faith in them, because they are temporary. We put hundred percent of our faith only in God, Krishna. The night is dark, we cannot change that. But in the darkness of the night, there is also a full moon, which gives light to the world – the hope and relief-giving moon of God that rises in our hearts.

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Vinay Malani

August 2nd, 2010 at 2:31 am

The social & financial disorder in the world at large will keep repeating in a cyclical fashion till the time, as Radhanath Swami says, we take shelter of God and not the temporary adjustments & arrangements carried out by the politicians & governments.

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Swaminathan

August 2nd, 2010 at 2:48 am

Radhanath Swami very astutely identifies the futility of external reorganizations and adjustments. Only by a prayerful mood and by gratitude can we cross over situations or see them in a non-threatening perspective. A short but deep teaching by Radhanath Swami

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hrishikesh mafatlal

August 2nd, 2010 at 5:04 am

It is said “Be IN the world but not OF the world”, meaning we live to do the necessary but not give our hearts to the things of this world. This is what Radhanath Swami is saying here.

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Anup Shah

August 2nd, 2010 at 7:05 am

Theproblems of this world can be easily solved if we follow the advise of saints like Radhanath Swami instead of the self-centered politicians!

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Venkata Buddhiraju

August 2nd, 2010 at 7:08 am

It is exactly like the situation of peace keeping organizations like the United Nations. They just supress the disorder for sometime before we some nations fighting against each other. As put by Srila Prabhupada, real peace in the society can be brought about only by Krishna consciousness. Radhanath Swami, one of the foremost disciples of Srila Prabhupada has been trying hard towards that end

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Rajesh

August 2nd, 2010 at 7:29 am

Radhanath Swami brings out a very subtle point, we can only depend on God and nothing and nobody of this world

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Vijay Mathias

August 2nd, 2010 at 8:20 am

We are in a habit of looking for ‘quick fixes’ for our problems, apparently we looking at problems to be solved in 2 minutes.

Rarely do we reflect and see below the surface of the problem. Radhanath Swami’s statement to not look for temporary solution and take complete shelter of Krsna is the road ahead for us.

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Saurabh Vinayak

August 2nd, 2010 at 8:22 am

Radhanath Swami has made a profound statement here. “a devotee is always seeking shelter of Krishna, and never the shelter of the temporary adjustments and arrangements of this world.” This we can see in his own life also by reading his autobiography “The Journey Home”.

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Kalasudha Devi Dasi

August 2nd, 2010 at 8:36 am

Srila Radhanath Swami gives a very deep and profound example herein of the night – that it is dark, there is nothing we can do about it. But the presence of the full moon gives light to the world. As aspiring spiritualists, we must have unflinching faith in the words of a bonafide representative of the Lord, like Srila Radhanath Swami, then automatically we will develop the same towards the Lord.

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Kamal G d

August 2nd, 2010 at 8:55 am

May the scorching sun of hatred, violence and fear set, and the moon of peace and tranquility rise in the heart of all citizens of this strife-torn world.
Is it possible?
It is, and Radhanath Swami is showing us how.

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Gaurav Bhardwaj

August 2nd, 2010 at 9:08 am

Thanks for sharing.
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Aasheesh

August 2nd, 2010 at 10:35 am

Srimad Bhagavatam says that all our relatives, friends, politicians, and so called care takers are ‘asat-sainik’, fallible soldiers. This is the point Radhanath Swami is emphasizing.

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duruvan kanniah

August 2nd, 2010 at 12:17 pm

This is amazing, I am very grateful to be in association of devotees that lead me to assoiate with HH Radhanatha Swami Maharjas vani..

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Ravi Garg

August 2nd, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Radhanath Swami’s teachings are our only hope in the chaotic conditions that surround us…..Please swamiji bless us that we may take proper shelter of Krishna

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Shoba Ramachandran

August 2nd, 2010 at 9:26 pm

Radhanath Swami nicely explains that by taking shelter of God, the moon of hope dispells the darkness of distress. Thanks Maharaj

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Pravin

August 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 pm

Our Only hope is God, that’s what I understood. Thank you very much Radhanath Swami Maharaj

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Dashrath Wasmatkar

August 3rd, 2010 at 12:03 am

Yes, very true statements of Radhanath Swami. Even Doctors, when they are not able to save the patient, also say “Now everything is in God’s Hand! Please pray to God, he only can protect us”. Isn’t it?

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Ram Mohan Gupta

August 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 am

Radhanath Swami Maharaj has strong conviction that only God can give everyone eternal and lasting joy and happiness. Temporary solutions of this world fall too short as compared to God’s grace.

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Vicky

August 3rd, 2010 at 7:56 am

Thank you Radhanath Swami for this words which will bring peace in my heart, because I found this futile world always hopeless…

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Uma

August 3rd, 2010 at 8:58 am

Excellent article

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Bhavesh

August 3rd, 2010 at 9:40 pm

Radhanath Swami is beautifully driving home the message of futility in trying to solve any problem through material adjustments. Only God consciousness is the solution to all problems.

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Anil Timbe

August 3rd, 2010 at 9:59 pm

So inspiring and hope giving. Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj for shoing this full moon of hope.

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Krishna

August 4th, 2010 at 2:25 am

True Hope and faith for us is in taking shelter of the lotus feet of Krishna. Only devotion to Krishna and service unto his devotees is permanent, rest all is temporary in nature.

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CS Sandeep Shinde

August 4th, 2010 at 5:17 am

Very nice article.

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Shikhar Maheshwari

August 4th, 2010 at 5:29 am

Just as the rising of a full moon dispels the darkness of ignorance, words of Radhanath Swami have similar action of dispelling the darkness of ignorance with the torchlight of transcendental knowledge in the hearts of a sincere seeker

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Damodar Sharan Das

August 4th, 2010 at 6:32 pm

Thanks very much

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Vinay Malani

August 4th, 2010 at 10:59 pm

Radhanath Swami’s words of wisdom & his beautiful bhajans are the only hope in the midst of the chaos that prevails in a city like Mumbai. His words, actions & thoughts clearly suggest that he is a true representative of God.

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aerofreeze

August 4th, 2010 at 11:55 pm

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August 5th, 2010 at 12:02 am

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Bhaskar

August 5th, 2010 at 4:50 am

Every day we witness solution of one problems creating more bigger problem. Radhanath Swami has insighfully explained where to seek solution for the problems

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raghunath puridas

August 5th, 2010 at 8:57 am

Thank you maharaj. There is so much truth all the ad-just-ments are meant -to -just -add to the problem if we do not take shelter of the lord with total faith that he will take care of us.

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Dr Yuvaraj J bhosale

August 6th, 2010 at 7:59 pm

Radhanath Swami- you are our only hope in this chaotic situation of the world

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Vaishali Kamat

August 7th, 2010 at 10:12 am

This is a truly a hope giving article. Thank you Radhanath Maharaj.

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Ravi Garg

August 8th, 2010 at 12:14 pm

Srila Prabhupada wanted a true vaishnava to become the leader of the society, who can guide common man to live his life as a decotion to god…..we pray that his desires be fulfilled soon

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Hema Gupta

August 8th, 2010 at 11:43 pm

So often we come across situations which bring despair in our lives. At such times, the teachings of Radhanath Swami Maharaj help us take shelter of God and immediately all the negativity goes away.

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Lucy

August 10th, 2010 at 6:23 am

We all need this light of transcendental knowledge.

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Tushar Gaikwad

August 12th, 2010 at 5:32 am

Every other day we read about chaotic conditions we are in. Sometimes it becomes too much to see so much of negativity around. But this article by Radhanth swami is giving the ray of hope in deeper way. Thank you so much Radhanath swami.

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umesh

August 12th, 2010 at 11:31 pm

What a wonderful analysis by Radhanath Maharaj of the spiritualist’s vision and materilists vision towards life and the external arrangement required for the life.

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Rahul

August 13th, 2010 at 4:25 am

This is the sign of a true spiritualist like Radhanath Swami. He does not give false hopes of becoming temporarily happy in this world. Rather, he gives us the permanent solution to get out of this material world and become eternally happy in connection with God.

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priya aiyar

August 13th, 2010 at 5:42 am

Using HDG Srila Prabhupada’s analogy, just by watering the root of the plant the whole plant is nourished and just by feeding the stomach the whole body is nourished. Similarly, just by understanding our eternal relationship with God and serving Him lovingly all our material problems can be solved. By loving the Supreme Lord we automatically manifest love in our hearts for all beings as they are the parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord……Very nicely conveyed by HH Radhanath Swami who is himself a great devotee of the Lord.

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nitin

August 16th, 2010 at 9:28 pm

Such a great insight by Radhanath Swami, such teachings will help us to understand the situations in the world.

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nitin gupta

August 16th, 2010 at 11:00 pm

I cherish each and every word of Radhanath Swami. Thank you maharaj

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B.J. ARORA

August 17th, 2010 at 3:57 am

Radhanath Swami so wonderfully explains that there is only one shelter and that is God, all other solutions would not work on a long term basis.

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Ranjit Purohit

August 18th, 2010 at 1:04 am

Radhanath Swami Maharaj is the Sun which has removed the darkness of ignorance in the life of human race.

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krishnashakti dd

August 18th, 2010 at 1:44 am

This world is full of darkness and the only hope is Krishna, but Krishna cannot be attained without the help of a real guru. Thank you Radhanath Maharaj for explaining this-only hope

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Renuka

August 18th, 2010 at 6:12 am

Great understanding of Faith and love towards God. Thanks Maharaj for the detail explaination.

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vinay rachh

August 19th, 2010 at 3:51 am

Its true that in all difficulties in life a devotee always sees krishna as the only saviour

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Swapnil Gaonkar

August 19th, 2010 at 10:27 pm

Really giving some hope

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Jagdish Majethiya

August 20th, 2010 at 12:13 am

Great article with deep insights – Radhanath Swami Maharaj puts it across so well – “We may have to do the needful to make adjustments in this world but a devotee puts no faith in them, because they are temporary. We put hundred percent of our faith only in God, Krishna. “

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sunil

August 20th, 2010 at 3:32 am

it really true we cannot have faith in anything other than krishna. our only hope . thanks u maharaj

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Nina Sood

August 21st, 2010 at 9:41 am

What a wonderful article !!

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Dharmendra Kumar

August 24th, 2010 at 9:56 am

Thanks for sharing

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Narotam

August 24th, 2010 at 10:32 pm

Radhanath Swami is giving us permanent solution to all our problems

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Damodar

August 24th, 2010 at 11:43 pm

Whatever Radhanath swami is telling here is very true, instead of bringing GOD in life of people, politicians are making arragements to systematiccaly remove GOD from our life which is increasing the chaotic situation of the world. We need people like Radhanath swami who can help us depend on GOD and come out of this chaotic situation.Thank you Radhanath swami.

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suresh

August 25th, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Maharaj clearly explain that we can not hope on any thing except God and his representative

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Shoba Fernandes

August 26th, 2010 at 2:58 am

In short we would have to be like Draupadi. In every circumstance of life, just raise our hands in surrender and shout out the holy name, seeking full shelter.

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Sanjiv Chandnani

August 26th, 2010 at 3:39 am

If we understand this, that GOd is our and every body else’s only actual shelter, then there would be peace. Thank you so much maharaj

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Aishwarya

August 27th, 2010 at 8:30 am

Radhanath Swami through this article show us where to put our real faith on.

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Madhura

August 27th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

Thank you for sharing.

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NAWAL SOOD

August 28th, 2010 at 12:02 am

hope more people understand and implement

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Manish

August 28th, 2010 at 1:14 am

All adustments we do here in this world are all useless since they are temporary. Thank you Radhanath swami for bringing this point of taking exclusive shelter of GOD rather than making temporary adustments.

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Phani

August 28th, 2010 at 3:16 pm

Radhanath Swami helps us to rise the moon of God in our hearts, when ever I am listening to him, I feel like I am connected with that moon rays of God’s grace.

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Dhaqrmendra Kumar

August 28th, 2010 at 6:40 pm

Thank you maharaj for valuable instruction.

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pvdd

August 29th, 2010 at 12:10 pm

Very True!!

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navin poojary

August 30th, 2010 at 8:22 am

Very Nice! A true spiritualist always pays special attention to the essence and does not get caught up in detail. It is important for a tree to flourish that the root is watered well. Then all its parts automatically get nourished. A True spiritualist like Radhanath Swami always look at addressing root cause of problems and not at superficial solutions like most politicians

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Manasa

August 30th, 2010 at 4:06 pm

H.H.Radhnath Swami Maharaj’s words “the hope and relief-giving moon of God that rises in our hearts” are so inspiring

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M. Pandurangayya Shetty

August 31st, 2010 at 11:42 pm

This material world is dukhalayam, at every step, there is problem. How to counter act the problem is the question. Radhanath Swami is giving the best possible process to get rid of the problem is depend on the mercy of Krishna. This is the permanent solution. All glories to Radhanath Swami.

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a p sankhe

September 1st, 2010 at 6:33 am

chanakya said , never trust a politician. you can trust the supreme lord who will never let you down.

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Vaishali Kamat

September 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 am

Radhanath Swami is like a moon to his students to dispel the darkness of ignorance from their lives.

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Y.Raja Shekar

September 2nd, 2010 at 11:29 am

As said by Radhanath Swami, we can not rely on any body except God, Krishna. This full faith in Krishna by Radhanath Swami attracts him towards every living entitity as they are parts and parcels of Krishna.

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ramana

September 2nd, 2010 at 7:43 pm

Depression is the number one disease now. People are depressed even when everything is going fine. Radhanath swami very nicely puts in the message of hope in chaos.

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Phani

September 5th, 2010 at 9:20 pm

Yes that is so true. Radhanath Swami maharaj is my only hope in this chaos.

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sunil

September 5th, 2010 at 11:40 pm

we have no hope other than guru n krishna. maharaj is our shelter and the holyname. maharaj ki jai .

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Y.Raja Shekar

September 6th, 2010 at 11:03 am

As Radhanath Swami said, only 100% faith in Krishna alone will help us in this dark world. Radhanath Swami rightly said that the results of keeping hope in this material world is temporary and are not reliable.

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viren

September 10th, 2010 at 12:45 pm

HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki jai

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Ashish

September 13th, 2010 at 3:34 am

Actually so many people support these politicians and worship them as GOD, bow down at their feet and all they get after doing so much is just some temporary hopes from these influential Politicians. But spiritualists like H.H. Radhanath Swami Maharaj truly guide people so that they can live a life of wisdom and happiness among this chaos.

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Vidya Patham

September 24th, 2010 at 9:42 am

Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that the material world is a miserable place and Radhanath Swami expands on this and also gives us the solution – surrendering unto Krishna.

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Jatin

October 26th, 2010 at 5:16 am

Very Truly Said.. How can dependence of something that is always changing, can give stability. Something that is unchanging with time and circumstances only can give stability in life.

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Raj Narang

February 18th, 2011 at 1:11 am

Thank you Maharaj for everything.

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Gurrappanaidu

February 25th, 2011 at 4:50 am

Wonderful atricle.

Thank you so much for sharing us.

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Jagannath Dham Das

February 22nd, 2012 at 7:12 am

Radhanath Swami Maharaj gives us the real solution to all problems of life & he always insists us that we always depend of GOD & His representatives for that is the only real hope !
Hare Krishna !

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Arjun K Ramachandra

March 22nd, 2012 at 6:42 am

Thank you for this very encouraging and simultaneously cautioning article!

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