June 23, 2010 | In: God
Radhanath Swami’s Article on Love Gives, Greed Takes
People are passing out of colleges with all sorts of big, wonderful, fancy degrees but they are greedy. They use all of their big education simply to fulfill their greed. Their greed is never satisfied; they are frustrated and make a mess out of the society. Is that what we want?
Our consciousness by nature is eternal, full of knowledge and full of joy. In a real joyful state based on truth, there can be no greed. Those with real joy and love only want to share that joy and love with everyone else. The nature of love is to give; the nature of greed is to take. The real pleasure is in giving the love of our hearts. That love is already in our hearts. But our consciousness is impure. We are not aware of who we are.
Through the process of purification, our consciousness becomes clear; it becomes transparent. Through that transparent consciousness, we can experience God at every moment. And when we perceive that God at every moment, we realize–not that we feel or we believe or we think–that whether someone calls that God Allah or Jehovah or Krishna or Rama or Buddha—God is the supreme object of love and the source of all that exists.
38 Responses to Radhanath Swami’s Article on Love Gives, Greed Takes
Amarendra Gaura Das
June 23rd, 2010 at 7:54 am
Simply amazing outllook..Hari Hari Bol (http://radhanathswami.co.uk)
Manish C
June 23rd, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Superb… Check out this site for more of such spirit lifting stuff
http://radhanathswamionline.com
Virendra Singh Chouhan
June 23rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Maharaj, Thank you very much.
In this age of Kali when all educational, social institutions are teaching how to become more greedy, only pure devotee of the Lord can talk about TRUE LOVE. One can read more about HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj on http://radhanathswamionline.com or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radhanath-Swami/51051167747
Gautam Gupta
June 24th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Radhanath Swami is very apt at bringing out the essence of all knowledge. The more I associate with his teachings I get amazed at the depth of his realization. I hope to try to understand these subject matters under his guidance.
Please also check more about Radhanath Swami on:
http://socialfront.in/
Sid
June 24th, 2010 at 7:44 am
Very nice article. Amazing realizations. Thank you for posting.
Sukirti Madhavi
June 24th, 2010 at 8:41 am
Thank you very much maharaj,
Please also check more about Radhanath Swami on:
http://socialfront.in/
Uday Kansara
June 24th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Nice article. Good realisation.
Amar
June 24th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Thankyou Maharaj (http://radhanath.com) for guiding us with your unparalleled realizations.
Pallavi Gawas
June 24th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
This is what he actually is…. He is filled with tremendous love for others, and thats the reason why he is so very dear to us. All glories to guru maharaj!!!!!!!!!!
You can visit the below site for more such details about him.
http://www.prlog.org/10747137-radhanath-swami-spiritual-teacher-orator-author-and-social-worker.html
sunil
June 24th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
good message. hope we can also follow this
Navin Poojary
June 25th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
True! All that modern education produces is nothing but a bunch of people whose greed is never satisfied.We have seen umpteen examlpes in recent history even in the corporate world – Enron, worldcom, Bear Stearns, Lehman Bros . All stoies of few individuals consumed with greed exploiting the larger mass.
So, It is important to develop vaules of Love and Values of Giving than just taking. Thank you Radhanath Swami!
You can check more on Radhanath Swami on http://www.radhanathswami.co.uk/quotes
Ranjeet Kumar
June 29th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Very wonderful and inspiring article. I was never aware about the
quality of Love and Greed. I am very much grateful to radhanath maharaj for being merciful on us. To read Radhanath Maharaj’s wonderful lecture transcript visit http://radhanathmaharaj.net and to hear online/download lecture visit http://audio.iskcondesiretree.info
Sujit
July 2nd, 2010 at 7:14 am
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj gives us a very straight forward understanding of the realities as they are, question is do we want to make that difference before it is to late.
Vraja Gopika
July 11th, 2010 at 1:34 am
IT will be nice for all of us to try to give a little bit of love than to expect it from otherss. Thanks you, Maharaj for that insight into greed…..
rajesh
July 11th, 2010 at 5:05 am
Mahatma Gandhi once said i have nothing new to teach to this world. Truth and non violence are as old as the hills.
Radhanath Swami is saying much the same on love, God and spirituality.
I love his articles, they come from the core of his heart.
MANISH VITHALANI
July 11th, 2010 at 6:00 am
As always, superb.
sejal
July 11th, 2010 at 7:27 am
A clear thought to lead ones life….!!!
Gaurav Bhardwaj
July 11th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Very insightful….
I also came across another website where there are nice articles by Radhanth Swami …. http://www.radhanathmaharaj.net/
& also personal incidences of Radhanath Swami – Very Interesting
http://www.itsohappened.com
Nilesh
July 12th, 2010 at 3:40 am
wonderful
Nayana Lineswala
July 12th, 2010 at 6:54 am
Now one can clearly distinguish between love & greed.When we feel like giving its love & when we think of just taking its greed.All glories to Radhanath Swami MAHARAJ!!!!
Harish Lineswala
July 12th, 2010 at 8:58 am
HARIBOL
BALRAM DULAL DAS
July 12th, 2010 at 10:44 am
HH Radhanath swami maharaj is the beacon light , to open our eyes and give us spiritual knowledge, which helps us to really become a true gentle men
seema
July 18th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Maharaj explains things so simply and beautifully!
Anil Timbe
July 21st, 2010 at 5:49 am
The nature of love is to give; the nature of greed is to take. It makes things quite clear. Thank you for giving such lucide and clear understanding of such lofy and misunderstood tearms.
Karthick S.B.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:28 am
The quotes here are very much relevant to the present age. I liked the sentence where Swami says, ‘People are graduating out of colleges with big fancy degrees, but are full of greed.’
Varsha Sharma
July 21st, 2010 at 3:49 pm
How apt!
praveen
July 27th, 2010 at 5:10 am
From the life of HH Radhanath Swami I got conviction that God exists and our life should be dedicated for the service of GOD
Ravi Garg
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:26 pm
“The nature of love is to give; the nature of greed is to take” – what an amazing statement of Radhanath Swami……
aneesh
August 16th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Maharaj so aptly and simply defines love so that we may dovetail our love towards God with fuller and richer understanding
Sandeep Shinde
August 20th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Very nice article.
Ravi
August 30th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Thanks swamiji for your nice teachings…….
Anup Shah
October 1st, 2010 at 4:31 am
Thankyou for posting!
Aekta Brahmbhatt
October 15th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Radhanath Maharaj has such profound realizations on every emotion, virtue and priciple. Simply inspiring!
Sumit
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:43 am
Radhanath Swami has described greed and love in a very nice way here.
brad
November 17th, 2010 at 12:24 am
Radhanath Swami has so much love for God that he extends himself so far for others well fare.
Gurrappanaidu
December 12th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Very nice article indeed good eye opener. Thank you so much Maharaj for enlighten us.
Eclipse wheels
December 16th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Thanks for sharing this helpful info!
Maya Narsing Rao
January 23rd, 2011 at 9:41 am
Hare krsna ..All glories to HH Radhanath swami…
each time i read any message of Maharaj…I feel lot of inspiration and it makes me feel very guilty of my self for not being able to properly follow the instructions to attain bhakti…I am very thankful to the devotees for their thankless service for putting such articles online…..