When the mind is disturbed, nothing can give you happiness. The mind has more effect on a human being than the body. Even if you are sick, if you are in good state of mind, you can be happy. – Radhanath Swami We have seen devotees, whose bodies were …
And we awaken to experience that love; we experience Krishna; we experience the whole creation as Krishna’s world; and we experience every living being as Krishna’s beloved. This the Gita tells as the perfection of yoga, the yoga of love within all of us.” – Radhanath Swami Sri Radha is …
The body, you can pinch your body so many places; it doesn’t hurt so much. But if you have a boil, you just touch it, it is painful. Have any of you ever had boils before? If you blow on it, it is painful; even if your glance touches it, it is painful, because there is a disease there.
“When we love those who love the Lord, the Lord reveals his love to us. Krishna sends his loving devotees to this world, so that we can transfer our attachment.”- Radhanath Swami Shivananda Sen, he was taking all the 200-300 devotees from Bengal to Puri. They were walking so many …
“In Vrindavan, there were great illustrations of the power of being attached to Krishna’s devotees.”- Radhanath Swami One example was Aghasura. He was the younger brother of Putna and Bakasura, who were both killed by Krishna. So he was very vengeful. He had to get revenge. He had so much …
“Even accepting anxiety to please Krishna is a higher platform than just trying to find peace for yourself.”- Radhanath Swami Here in Vrindavan, we were discussing yesterday, what a struggle it was for a handful of western people to build this temple. The early seventies, India was not near as …
“The nature of the soul is to be detached from all selfish, egoistic material desires. On the path of Bhakti, the perfection of detachment is complete attachment.”- Radhanath Swami. Simple detachment from the selfish urges of the mind and senses can bring shanti, or peace. But the soul is thirsting …
“A devotee who surrenders to Krishna, ‘You are the controller; I am yours.’ That devotee actually becomes completely fearless, and could be peaceful and blissful in any situation, even in the most frustrating difficulties.”- Radhanath Swami Prabhupad gives us that nice painting in Bhagvad Gita where mayadevi is puppeteer and …
The Key to success is to have a simple heart even if we may be embroiled in the most complicated circumstances of this material world which sometimes we get implicated in sometimes. Conflicts come among loved ones sometimes difficult economic situations sometimes natural disaster’s could make life extremely complicated to …
My guru Srila Prabhupad once was seating in his room and one of his student’s was sitting in his room along with him and Srila Prabhupad just looking at the floor with very grave expression just looking with tears in his eyes looking and it went on for some time …
