Radhanath Swami on Harmonizing our lives

‘I have my material responsibility and I have my spiritual life, and they are two opposing parts of my existence.’  But Krishna teaches in the Gita harmony between all. Our worldly responsibilities and our spiritual lives become one.  Our spiritual discipline and our daily activities bind into one consciousness.  What is the process? We must have nice association with saintly persons.  We must hear the message of Lord’s teachings and His pastimes regularly.  We must daily chant His holy names.  If we do this faithfully then spiritual love will awaken in our hearts.

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  2. His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj has opened the doors for the confusion that exists in the minds of the devotees of the Lord.

  11. Me & my friends were really confused about our material and spiritual responsibilities. The article has made every thing crystal clear. Thank you very much Maharaj 🙂

  12. Radhanath Swami has given such nice practical advice on how to balance material and spiritual life.

  19. Regulation in whatever we do is they key to balance. By associating with like minded people, chanting and hearing, it can be done as explained by Radhanath Swami.

  22. It is very difficult to have the right mix between the 2 but Maharaj has so wonderfully explained how to achieve the same.

  26. Life devoted to service of God will be in perfect harmony with our true identity as a soul. Radhanath Swami has explained this spiritual reality in a very wonderful manner.

  28. Thanks to Radhanath swami for the wonderful instructions on how to manage spiritual and material lives.

  32. A simple formula to awaken God’s love in our heart and simultaneously balancing and executing all our material responsibilities.

  34. Radhanath Swami is emphasizing how we must give priority to Krishna then reciprocation will be on te way.

  36. Thank You Radhanath Swami for showing us the process to harmonize spiritual life and material responsibilities.

  38. Very nice words spoken by Radhanath Swami. We should take lessons from these divine and instructing words.

  43. It’s so simple yet very profound. Radhanth Swami makes it very simple just to penetrate deep in to our hearts.

  44. Radhanath Swami has put the things in a very simple manner in this article. AS long as we are caught up in the dualities of this world we have to go through the duties and responsibilities of this material world. As Radhanath Swami said, when we spiritualise our existence by regularly chanting, reading Bhagavad Gita and associating with saintly people then all our activities slowly becomes spiriualised. Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj for nice guidance.

  45. All Glories To.H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj

    What an easy but profound explanation that we need to live everyday.

    Hare Krishna

  49. Actually it is our consciousness that guides our activities, be it a material responsibility or spiritual lfe.
    When we are in God consciousness, all the activities are performed keeping Him in the center. Maharajah has nicely explained how can we be in proper ” God Consciousness” when we do our sadhana strictly and have good association regularly. In the neophyte stage it is difficult to balance but if we are sincere we will have this consciousness gradually.

  50. Everything material that is ‘krishna-ized’ becomes spiritual.Thank you for this wonderful article.

  51. material responsibility and spiritual life, and they are two opposing parts of my existence – very nicely and in balanced fashion Radhanath Swami replies to this haunting question

  52. I read Bhagavd Gita but never understood how to solve this problem. Radhanath Swami is so nice teacher that he has explained it in very unambigious words.

  55. Maharaj has clearly & in a simple way has explained how to live life & with what consciousness. Thank you Radhanath Swami.

  56. Maharaj has cleared the doubt that material life should be balanced with spiritual life, at at circumstance we should perform our daily sadhana sincerely to come close to God.

  61. Many people have same dilemma ,they differentiate between material and spiritual activities, Actually if material activities are done in spirit of Gita , they become spiritual .
    Thank you Swamiji.

  62. This is the amazing skill of juggling with grace. Very short and clear summary of an effective lifestyle management process by Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

  63. There cannot be two entities as spiritual life and material life.When one takes to spirituality, both lives have to harmonise, otherwise there will be a conflict and no spiritual progress.Radhanath Swami beautifully explains how to harmonise spiritual and material lives.

  65. Radhanath Swami has personally played a very important role in helping thousands of people to develope a consciousness whereby the distinction between ‘material’ and ‘spiritual’ responsibilities is removed.

  66. Hare Krishna.

    I hv stumbled upon exactly the right post which I was looking for since I was seeing spiritual life and my material responsibilities as two different things.

    Well, Now I shall strive to have more association of devotees and chant the holy names of the Lord more fervently.

    thanks

  67. Life can be made as complicated as one wants’ or as simple as one wants’. Radhanath Swamis’s articles are like road signs which guide a person t his destination if we follow them, or one can neglect them and then not lament, OH! I lost my way.

  68. Radhanath Swami always says that we should keep Krishna in the center of all our activities. This is the way to spiritualise our existence.

  69. This is one teaching which has helped me immensely in overcoming the initial reluctance for spiritual life. In true spiritual life, even material looking activities are actually spiritualized. Radhanath Swami knows exactly what things deter us from spiritual life, and he mercifully clears all confusion.

  70. Radhanath Swami has given such a beautiful explaination of harmonizing the two poles that seam to be self opposing – material & spritual. Its amazing to know that throught the right consciousness, its combined into spritual. Wow! Thank you.

  71. The post specifies everything: About possibilty of binding spiritual activities and daily chores via one consciounes and the sublime process of doing it. Thank you Radhanath Swami

  72. Often these two, material responsibilities and spiritual life appear at the corss roads. Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj for giving us the proper perspective and process to follow.

  73. Maharaj gives us the simple and practical way of going about spirituality.. hearing and chanting.. thanks.. JAI !!!

  74. Radhanath Swami Maharaj has given us the solution to the one of the greatest dilemmas a person faces in devotional life.

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