August 19, 2010 | In: Peace
Radhanath Swami – Love and Peace
Recently some one told me that they were meditating and they were finding great peace in this meditation. I told them this is very nice, but this not at all what we want. We do not care for peace. We want love. The perfection of life is not simply a neutral condition of peace, but love. Love means the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the beloved. It is like mother in her relationship with her child. Is the mother concerned for peace in the house or is she concerned with taking nice care of the child? When a woman has a little baby, there is practically no peace in the house. The baby is crying all night long. The baby is responding to nature indiscriminately wherever it goes. The baby is looking for any excuses to hurt, breaking anything it gets its hands on.
Now mother can easily just give the baby to somebody else, some baby sitter saying, ‘You take care; I do not want anything to do with this.’ But the mother is running here and there everywhere trying to take care of the child. She is staying up some time all night long. She is worried about the child hurting itself. That is love. Love is higher than peace, because in that love is eternal peace—not the peace of the mind, but the peace of soul. Love means sacrifice—sacrificing even our own peace for the pleasure of the beloved.
By Radhanath Swami

91 Responses to Radhanath Swami – Love and Peace
Kajal Pabari
August 19th, 2010 at 1:51 am
Simply Amazing..!!!! So wonderfully explained by Radhanath Swami that love is higher than peace…!!!
Abhijit Toley
August 19th, 2010 at 2:01 am
Love is higher than peace; we can sacrifice our peace for the sake of love. This is a sublime instruction!
Manish Advani
August 19th, 2010 at 2:26 am
Radhanath Swami is amazing. There is so much clarity one can get from Peace vs. Love with the baby analogy…
Ahluwalia
August 19th, 2010 at 2:40 am
What a beautiful explanation- Love is higher than peace
Krishna
August 19th, 2010 at 2:53 am
The real meaning of peace and Love is explained very excellently. Thank you Maharaj for your enlightening words.
B.J. ARORA
August 19th, 2010 at 3:05 am
Love means the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the beloved and it also means sacrificing even our own peace. There is so much of learning in this statement by Radhanath Swami.
Mangesh Kulkarni
August 19th, 2010 at 3:20 am
How true!!! We do not jsut want neutral but we all are looking for positive effects through spiritual practices.
Y.Raja shekar
August 19th, 2010 at 3:32 am
“Love is higher than peace, because in that love is eternal peace—not the peace of the mind, but the peace of soul. Love means sacrifice—sacrificing even our own peace for the pleasure of the beloved”. This statement of Radhanath Swami is truly touching the heart. Radhanath Swami has given a clearcut difference between love and peace.
Gautam Gupta
August 19th, 2010 at 4:23 am
Radhanath Maharaj very nicely explains that love is the ultimate source of our living. He also exemplifies love in all his dealings.
prashant v
August 19th, 2010 at 4:29 am
Maharaj has so clearly distinguished between Love ans Peace, even though we are apparently in physical and mental anxiety but if the actions are performed to satisfy the beloved that gives the real satisfaction of heart and peace of soul beyond the peace of mind.
Girish
August 19th, 2010 at 5:01 am
Wow! Such an amazing example to make the point.
shirish
August 19th, 2010 at 5:19 am
I like this sentence of Radhanath swami maharaj.
“Love means sacrifice—sacrificing even our own peace for the pleasure of the beloved”. Thank you radhanath swami
Vidya Patham
August 19th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Everyone in this world is clamoring for peace. But by this wonderful analogy, it was so easy to understand the superiority of peace over love. Thank you Radhanath Swami!
priya aiyar
August 19th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Very nice understanding of love.Love entails sacrifice. Had Maharaj not chosen to sacrifice the comforts of the material life in Chicago, he wouldn’t have found the treasure of love within his heart which he is willing to share freely with others. Thanks Maharaj for showing us the great path of ‘love.’
Santosh
August 19th, 2010 at 5:53 am
Truth appears so straight forward & clear when heard from the lotus mouth of Radhanath Swami
Karthik
August 19th, 2010 at 6:07 am
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki Jai!
Maharaj has very wonderfully explained the difference between mental peace and peace of soul.
Swapnil
August 19th, 2010 at 6:09 am
That is the real defination of Love .
Sanjay S
August 19th, 2010 at 6:27 am
Very simple and striking example by Radhanath Sami to prove that love is higher than peace.
kumar
August 19th, 2010 at 6:28 am
Amazing example.
rambaboo maheshwari
August 19th, 2010 at 6:40 am
We all want peace but do not know where to get this , Radhanath Swami very clearly explained here that Love is higher than peace, because in that love is eternal peace—not the peace of the mind, but the peace of soul.
Uday
August 19th, 2010 at 7:16 am
Giving love and receiving love are the two most basic needs of a living entity.Nice example given by Radhanath Swami to prove the point.
Shoba Fernandes
August 19th, 2010 at 7:18 am
How wonderfully Radhanath Swami has put love (for God) beyond everything. His whole life is an example of this principle.
yadunath das
August 19th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Radhanath has very nicely explained that love is much above peace.
Vaishali Kamat
August 19th, 2010 at 7:30 am
Radhanath Swami makes such powerful statements – Love is not peace , love is higher than peace, in Love there is peace .. not peace of mind but of the soul !!
yadunath das
August 19th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Rradhanath Maharaj has very nicely explained that love is very much above peace.
samir paleja
August 19th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Very good explanation
Aishwarya
August 19th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Everybody in this world is behind peace but through this analogy of Radhanath Swami we can understand that everyone is searching for the peace of the soul. Which Radhanath Swami explains as Love.
anil manga
August 19th, 2010 at 8:59 am
Love means willingness to sacrifice everything. very nice, i now understand why Love is superior than Peace.. Thank you very much Maharaj.
Deepak
August 19th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Amazing : “Love means sacrifice—sacrificing even our own peace for the pleasure of the beloved.”.
Saveeta
August 19th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Thanks to great saintly persoanlities like Radhanath Swami that we have got this wonderful piece of understanding that it is actually Love that each individual is seeking in this world. He seeks the same in various relationships – child in parents, husband in wife, mother in son etc. But he/she is not satisfied until he/she meets the epitome of all Love. Love of Godhead. When the living entity finds that he finds Bliss. Thank you Radhanath Swami for instructing us on this topic!
seema
August 19th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Wow! What a perspective…never thought of it that way…that love is higher than peace
Bhavesh
August 19th, 2010 at 11:44 am
This is such a higher understanding of spiritual life. Love is higher than Peace!
Hemant
August 19th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
How beautifully Radhanath Swami explains that it is true love that will give us eternal peace, not a fleeting glimpse of stillness that leads to nowhere.
bipin
August 19th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
All Glories To H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
How know how that our weak mind cannot understand is easily translated by our Guru so that we rise up every time and get more firmer on the spiritual platform.
Hare Krishna.
Sheetal Maheshwari
August 19th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Very true. The purest form of love in this world is the love of a mother for her child. A completely thankless job but yet so satisfying.
Ana
August 19th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
What a realization. Each word is worth of millions of dollars.
Ravi Garg
August 19th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Very nice article by Radhanath Swami……..very intricate distinction between love & peace……..
vineeta
August 19th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
thank you maharaj for your wonderful teachings…..
rajesh jogani
August 19th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Another ace from Maharaj. One always hears that people want peace in their lives. Actually it is not peace but love is what they want in their lives and even at the cost of peace. Lovely.
Sharad
August 19th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Very True..Hari Bol
Yogita Jagannathan
August 19th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
This is an amazing article for all pratcising spiritualists, especially for ones pursuing yoga for peace. Difference between love and peace has been so nicely explained by Radhanath Swami.
Pravin
August 19th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
“Love means the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the beloved.” very nice definition of love by HH Radhanath Swmai maharaj.
Deepali Game
August 19th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
HH Radhanath swami maharaj’s statement about peace is worth contemplating a hundred times.
“We don’t want peace. we want love”
Tushar Gaikwad
August 19th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
This article by Radhanath swami very nicely points the essence of all relationships – love. Peace can not be central to relationships (like many nations try) but love can be.
Anita Iyer
August 19th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Beautiful definition of love – sacrificing even one’s peace for the beloved. Very high aspiration indeed.
nitin gupta
August 19th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Radhanath Swami is always eager to correct peoples understanding. Thanks Maharaj
Smitha Krishna das
August 19th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
So nicely explained. Practically everybody is craving for love.
umesh
August 20th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Very eye opening article by Radhanath Swami Maharaj. I liked the below lines very much:
Love is higher than peace, because in that love is eternal peace—not the peace of the mind, but the peace of soul.
Renuka
August 20th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Great explaination of Love ie its greater then peace and it also means sacrifice.
hrishikesh mafatlal
August 20th, 2010 at 2:00 am
Being unselfish and always thinking about the happiness of the object of our love increases our (eternal) love, is what Swamiji is saying.
Ranjit Purohit
August 20th, 2010 at 2:49 am
“Love is not the peace of Mind but peace of Soul” what a nobel thought.
Sandeep Shinde
August 20th, 2010 at 3:24 am
Very nice article. Really love is higher than peace.
M. Pandurangayya Shetty
August 20th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Very nice explanation. A realized person can speak clearly than anyone else. radhanath Swami is a self realized soul. trhank you very much.
nandkishor wani
August 20th, 2010 at 5:37 am
as a living entity if only peace is there we will become bored after some time, but if love is there we will not become bored but in love we will experience everything- all in all.
nandkishor wani
August 20th, 2010 at 5:45 am
best thing one can do for others is to love and be loved by others. it will happen only when we love god then we will love everybody.
Radhanath Swami – thank you very much for wonderful teachings.
Veena
August 20th, 2010 at 6:25 am
What a wonderful example given be HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj about a mother and child and very fantastic clarification of love and peace. Thank you Maharaj!!
suresh
August 20th, 2010 at 7:29 am
I understand what is real Love. Thank you Maharaj.
mukund
August 20th, 2010 at 7:55 am
now i know what is real love
Manish Advani
August 20th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Radhanath Swami makes it so easy for people to understand most difficult concepts….
Sheetal Maheshwari
August 20th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Love is higher than peace. Such a wonderfull Concept!
Anant Bhat
August 20th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Real love is Krishnaprem & peace is included in love..Thank you Majaraj..
nisha
August 20th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Very great realization!! Thanks Maharaj for everything.
Manish Raikundalia
August 20th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Very nice. I never thought about it this way.
Satish
August 21st, 2010 at 8:58 am
The whole world is looking for peace – Love is all inclusive of peace .What a beautiful explanation of a very subtle subject by Radhanath Swami.
Srijana
August 21st, 2010 at 10:30 am
thank u maharaj for teachings….
sharda gokarn
August 22nd, 2010 at 6:14 am
what a wonderful explanation about love which is above peace with the wonderful analogy between mother and baby. Till now I was after peace now I understood the true meaning of it that with love one can attain peace. HHRNS Maharaj ki Jai!
Amrita Vilasini
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:46 am
true defination of love!
Parag Udeshi
August 24th, 2010 at 2:29 am
This is the formula for universal peace.
rajendra desai
August 24th, 2010 at 5:29 am
without one common father there could not be universal brotherhood
Panctattva Das
August 24th, 2010 at 8:33 am
Hare Krishna
Sunny
August 24th, 2010 at 11:08 am
“The perfection of life is not simply a neutral condition of peace, but love” – so beautifully explained by Radhanath Swami.
In our normal course of life we are so confused to even know what are our real needs. We just keep running one thing after another without end!
Madhura
August 24th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Simply an amazing example
Shra1wiz
August 24th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Yes, a mother’s love is so selfless. It is beyond imagination how much a mother serves her children. Radhanath Swami is so true in bringing out the point that the closest to pure love in this material world is the love of a mother – not even the love of beloved.
Narendra
August 24th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Radhanath Swami i never thought on these lines. Thank you for giving us the clarity
mona
August 25th, 2010 at 2:44 am
So beautifully Radhanath Swami has explained about love wherein lies eternal peace.
Viraj Kamat
August 25th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
“Love means sacrifice—sacrificing even our own peace for the pleasure of the beloved”. His Holiness Radhanath Swami has explained this truth with such a practical example.
Anubhai
August 25th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
First time so artical like that. Radhanath Swami’s child example are good and sutabale
vina
August 26th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Maharaj has clearly expained- peace can be bought in material way (like keeping the child in baby sitting) but love comes through heart.
Neha Viral Chaglani
August 26th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Great!!!!!! Such a simple but perfect explanation of real love.. Thank you Maharaj..
Balaji
August 27th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Thank you very much Maharaj, for so nicely explaining the meaning of love.
Manish Advani
August 27th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Radhanath Swami thank you for enlightening us
Navkishor Das
August 28th, 2010 at 2:06 am
Thank you so much Maharaja
bhakti karia
August 28th, 2010 at 11:07 am
very beautiful article, nicely explained by HHRM, regards, bhakti
rajesh karia
August 28th, 2010 at 11:09 am
truly enlightening, thank you maharaja, regards, rajesh karia
samir paleja
September 1st, 2010 at 8:11 am
the peace of soul…. everyone should aspire for it, if one wants eternal happiness. Thank you Maharaj
abhay
September 4th, 2010 at 1:24 am
fantastic. It opened my eyes to look into spiritual life from new perspective.
Meera Sharma
September 4th, 2010 at 9:35 am
What a powerful reminder from Maharajah
“Love is higher than peace, because in that love is eternal peace—not the peace of the mind, but the peace of soul.” Jai
Aman Jain
September 6th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Radhanath Swami changes the complete perspective to life by his divine teachings
T.Sita Ramaiah
September 26th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Love is higher than peace as love is eternal. It is not just the peace of mind, but it is related to the soul. Love involves sacrifice and sometimes even at the cost of our own peace for the pleasure of the beloved. This statement of Radhanath Swami is touching the heart. H.H Radhanath Swami has given a clear difference between love and peace.
Sumit
October 17th, 2010 at 10:37 am
This is a nice presentation of how Love is higher than the Peace. If there is love among people, there would be peace automatically, but this peace is not of mind but of soul.
Raj Narang
May 23rd, 2011 at 6:46 am
SO TRUE & MEANINGFUL!!!!!!!!! THANK U MAHARAJ FOR SHARING THIS!!!!!!