My Gurudev told this instructive story of Mahatma Gandhi at one marriage ceremony. Once upon a time Gandhiji had a serious quarrel with his wife; they both became extremely emotional and it came to the point when Mahatma Gandhi shouted at his wife
“The service that is most pleasing to Bhagavan is when we make sacrifices without selfishness, out of compassion, for others within this world.” – Radhanath Swami There is a beautiful story in the Bhagavatam Purana about Mahadev, lord Shiva. Once upon a time when the devas and the asuras …
“When we adapt this most beautiful expression of love within our life, everything we do in this consciousness is most pleasing to the Lord.”- Radhanath Swami Recently I was in Assisi, the place of St. Francis. It is described that he was not good looking; he had a curved …
“To serve God, Krishna, to serve society better, we are willing to fly in airplanes, we are willing to live in palaces, we are willing to wear nice clothes, we are willing to drive in cars, and we are willing to use Blackberries, Apples, Microsoft and everything else. It …
The car has 4 tyres, and it is very important that those 4 tyres are balanced properly. What if you put too much air in one tyre? What will happen to your drive? “For our life to go on a smooth drive, we need to properly balance it using our …
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 …
“We can’t really tell the greatness of a person until they are put in challenging situations.”- Radhanath Swami In the town of Satara, Maharashtra, on the banks of the Krishna and Vena Rivers lived a blind man, Bilvamangala Thakur, famous as Lila Sukha. He had such deep devotion to …
“There is a saying in English, ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed.’ Disease is a time of great need.”- Radhanath Swami. Generally, a person comes to a doctor when they are helpless. Otherwise, why go to a doctor, if you can fix yourself? Why pay money? Why do …
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 …