If we are to have any hope of peace in this world, we must master the art of forgiveness.– Radhanath Swami The Vedas characterize the modern day & age as being riddled with quarrel and hypocrisy. There are so many stimulants to irritate and offend us. Without forgiveness, these burning stimulants nest in our… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on the Divine Art of Forgiveness
Radhanath Swami on ‘Love Conquers Lust’
Each one of us has the capacity to experience overwhelming divine love, for this love resides within each of our hearts. The soul’s very nature is to reciprocate this pure love with the supreme lover, Krishna (or God) –Radhanath Swami But, due to forgetfulness of our true nature, we have come under the influence of… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on ‘Love Conquers Lust’
Radhanath Swami on the power of love
Love is the most influential and powerful force in the world. – Radhanath Swami People are willing to go to war, even sacrifice their lives, for the sake of love. It is so deeply ingrained in us that it is the basic theme of almost every movie and TV-show produced. Every living being feels… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on the power of love
Radhanath Swami on the Essence of Education
I remember when I was young; parents would read stories to their children as they fell asleep. The bedtime stories were very sweet, pious tales. Some excitement and adventure may be there, but there was always a lesson, a clear moral to convey higher values. The mother would reveal, that beyond the greed, envy and… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on the Essence of Education
Radhanath Swami on ‘What touches the heart?’
Accomplishments, they come, they go. They can’t touch our heart. But the accomplishment of love, the accomplishment of living by our values, the accomplishment of actually sustaining compassion and growing higher and higher and higher and higher with affection among each other, that’s something beautiful. – Radhanath Swami A Global Conference is organized by the… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on ‘What touches the heart?’
Radhanath Swami says, “You always have your free will, the power to choose.”
Life is about how we choose to use our free will at every moment. According to how we use our free will, we become conditioned to think that way, to see the world in that way, and to act in that way. We become conditioned by whatever we associate with.
Radhanath Swami expounds ‘Spiritual Positive Attitude’
The depth of our positive attitude is very much determined by how much we have knowledge of our spiritual self.” – Radhanath Swami If we objectively look at the world today – study the newspapers, the magazines, the statistics – there is really a lot be depressed about: the pollution, the way people treat each… Continue reading Radhanath Swami expounds ‘Spiritual Positive Attitude’
Radhanath Swami elaborates on the different ‘world views’
Humanity today practically puts no energy or focus at all in understanding the inner self. One of the great authors of the West, Ralph Waldo Emerson, has said, “The reason the world is in such disunity and lies in heaps and wastes is because a man is disunited from his own self.” This is a… Continue reading Radhanath Swami elaborates on the different ‘world views’
Radhanath Swami explains the perfection of yoga
Taj Mahal! The person who built this incredible monument, Shah Jahan, can you imagine what power, what influence, what wealth he had to make this as a tomb for his wife! How many tombs are there like this in this world?!