“Feelings of affection may come and go, but as foundational, there should be respect for each other and care for each other.” – Radhanath Swami Physically we care for each other by providing with necessities: housing, clothing, health and other physical needs. But emotional care is also very essential: we …
Chipped rice, how much does it cost? It’s very cheap and unless you put some really exotic things in it, it doesn’t taste very nice. In those days when I used to be a sadhu begging in Himalayas, people would give me a handful of chipped rice because it practically …
The great sages describe the nature of attachment. Attachment cannot be killed; it has simply to be transferred. “Consciousness is the platform of attachment. Desireless-ness is not possible for a living entity. A living entity, by constitution, has the propensity to be attached to something.” – Radhanath Swami We see …
“As a person approaches God, Krishna, he reciprocates accordingly. If we give all of our heart to Krishna, Krishna gives himself to us.”-Radhanath Swami The capacity of what we have to give to Krishna, in relation to infinity, is a drop. But yet that drop, when it is offered …
“The soul by nature, constitutionally and eternally, is meant to love. And that is why the world is so mad to express love, to channel this propensity to love someone, somewhere and somehow.” – Radhanath Swami What kind of songs do most people listen to? What kind of novels …
“Seva does not simply means to serve, seva means to serve with no egoism and no selfishness.” – Radhanath Swami Real seva means we are not considering what we will get in return. Seva is service with the intent to please the object of our service. Cultivating this attitude …
Sometimes, the ecstasy of love is in pain. But when in spiritual love that pain is in ecstasy. When pain is due to frustration or ego or frustrated selfish desires, that pain is pain. But when pain is born out of unselfish compassion, with a spirit of service and love, …
By performing pious karma, the limit that we can achieve is elevation to higher planets, where there is a longer life with less disease and less anxieties. But ultimately when the karma is exhausted, we are back in the same situation. And through various yoga processes we can have incredible supernatural powers…
The native American Indians have a way of explaining the internal conflict within all of us. They say that within the hearts or the minds of all of us are two dogs: a good dog and a bad dog. The bad dog is howling for vengeance, for immoral reckless action. And the good dog is calling out for…