Krishna, who is the one supreme absolute truth, expands himself as Radha or Srimati Radharani, who is the source of energies of the Lord. Srimati Radharani is love and compassion personified. Thus Krishna is the supreme object of love and Srimati Radharani is the supreme abode of love. She is the…
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The Ultimate Purpose of Life
There are many goals of life people strive to achieve. The four basic goals that people generally strive for through a spiritual path are economic development, sense gratification, religiosity and liberation. But the fifth goal, the only true goal of life, is pure love for God, and this goal lies beyond even liberation…
Radhanath Swami on the Difference between Lust and Love
The difference between lust and love is that one is based on ignorance and the other on the truth, one is selfish and the other selfless. When we are under the misconception of, “I am this body and you are your body,” and when we are after the temporary flickering sensations…
Radhanath on the Nature of God’s Love
This is how the Absolute Truth is explained in our Vedic literatures: although He is full, complete and ever fully satisfied, the perfection of His love is He feels pain of separation to see any one of His children suffering in forgetfulness of Him…
Radhanath Swami on Real Love
We often mistake temporary pleasures of the world to be love. This mistaking of temporary sensations of the world lies at the very core of human conditioning. These flickering sensations are like a mirage. A person who is in the desert is searching desperately for an oasis of water.
Radhanath Swami on the Incredible Discovery of his Life
The most incredible discovery of my life was the simple truth that all of our desires—with the complex longings, gratifications, and frustrations—have a single origin: forgetfulness of the love for God that is dormant within our hearts.
Radhanath Swami – Love is reciprocal
If we do not feel loved, it is probably because we are not showing love. If we do not feel respect, it is probably we are not showing respect. Human nature is
Radhanath Swami – Seeing God’s Love in Suffering
When a parent sees a child has potential for his bright future but that child is wasting his future away, by even jeopardizing his whole life in engaging in mischievous, criminal, lethargic activities, then what
Radhanath Swami Speaking About Actual Love
To help people on the spiritual path is real love. It may not be a romantic, euphoric love in the material sense, but it is real love. Real love begins with