Pune Launch of The Journey Home
Inauguration of Stanton Street Yoga
Mumbai Launch of The Journey Home
Columbia University – Discussion with Francis X. Clooney
International Yoga Conference at Rishikesh
Radhanath Swami Visits Moscow
Placing Faith in the Small Things – Mumbai’s 100th Prerana Festival
INSPIRO 2012 Youth Fiesta – Mumbai
Expanding the Divine Vision: Barsana Eye Camp 2012
Radhanath Swami Speaks to Young Students of the Bhagavad-gita
May 5, 2012
March 17, 2010 marked the launch of “Trishart Pathik“, the Marathi translation of the Radhanath Swami’s memoir “The Journey Home”, at the Bal Gandharva Theatre in Pune, India. Marathi is the language of Maharashtra, India’s central western state. The event was hosted by Gaur Gopal Das, member of ISKCON Chowpatty and Raghupati Das, Temple President ISKCON Nigdi and the Marathi translator of “The Journey Home”. The book launch was attended by renowned people from industry, media, education, governance and the social sector in Pune. Popular cultural figure Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare,...
May 2, 2012
On Sunday, April 22, Radhanath Swami was asked to speak at the inauguration of Stanton Street Yoga, a new yoga studio and Ayurvedic health retreat on New York’s Lower East Side. Stanton Street Yoga is a cooperative effort, owned and run by followers of Srila Prabhupada, headed by Badaryana and Rukmini Wienberg. Around one hundred guests squeezed into the beautiful new studio to attend the opening yajna ceremony, kirtan, talk and vegetarian meal. Below are some excepts from Swami’s talk. “In the sixth chapter of the Bhagavada-Gita, which is one...
April 30, 2012
The first book launch of Radhanath Swami’s ‘The Journey Home’ was a vivid, intense and inspiring show put up at NCPA theatre, Mumbai on Friday, August 21, 2009. Popular film actor and producer, Juhi Chawla unveiled ‘The Journey Home – Autobiography of an American Swami’ amongst a star-studded gathering hosted by Dr. Swati Piramal, Director, Piramal Group & Chairman, Mr. Ajay Piramal and attended by movers and shakers of the city from industry, media, education, governance and social sector. Noted French journalist Nadine Kreisberger took the guests through the proceedings...
April 24, 2012
On Friday, April 20th, Radhanath Swami joined Francis X. Clooney S.J. at Columbia Universities’ Earl Hall Auditorium for a program entitled “Encountering God – Hindu & Christian Perspectives on Going Deeper Into Spiritual Experience”. Francis Clooney is a Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity, as well as a Catholic, Jesuit priest. The evening was hosted by the Gadadhara Pandit Das, the Hindu Chaplin of Columbia University, and sponsored by the Columbia University Bhakti Club. The discussion was moderated by professor Edwin Bryant, Rutgers universities’...
April 15, 2012
“Be with nature, learn from nature, and change your nature.” said H. H. Swami Chidanand Saraswati Ji while welcoming guests to the International Yoga Conference at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, India. From March 1st thru 7th Radhanath Swami, along with forty yoga gurus, shared the teachings of yoga with hundreds of yogis from around the globe. Prominent teachers at the conference included H.H. Sri Shankaracharya Swami Divyanand Teerthji, H.H. Swami Ramdevji, H.H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and H.H. Swami Veda Bharatiji. The International Yoga Festival, which started in 1999 with a just...
March 28, 2012
The recent release in Russia of The Journey Home has been well received in a country that has a long history of interest in Indian spirituality. On the 20th of March Radhanath Swami arrived in Moscow and on same day gave two interviews. The first, to the Moscow-based daily newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets, one of Russia two largest newspapers, with a circulation approaching one million. The second interview was given at the popular radio station Echo of Moscow which features news and talk shows focusing on social and political issues. A...
March 27, 2012
It was born on 27th July, 2002 and in ten years it has turned one-hundred. March 18th marked the 100th “Prerana” – the monthly youth festival started and refined under the guidance of Radhanath Swami, at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai. Prerana (Hindi for “Inspiration”) was conceived as a regular gathering of students, for providing inspiration to remain an instrument of God’s grace, irrespective of the corruption, pollution, and other stresses of the modern Mumbai lifestyle. This initiative started small with less than two hundred young men. Today, more...
March 24, 2012
“It is not it’s industry or business nor it’s entertainment or education – the foundation of Indian culture is it’s compassion and spirituality. I request all of you, that in all your endeavors you please keep this heritage of spirituality as the foundation and thus create a revolution of peace and happiness throughout the entire world.” With these words, Radhanath Swami addressed a crowd of over 15,000 students at the INSPIRO 2012 Youth Fiesta, at Mumbai’s Somaiya Ground. INSPIRO is a voluntary non-profit initiative that brings together a series of...
March 18, 2012
“Bhakti is like a cataract operation. When our eyes are decorated with ointment of love, then we can see Krishna everywhere” Radhanath Maharaja said while addressing the devotees and participants of the Barsana Eye Camp, 2012. The Barsana Eye Camp started in 1991 when devotees at Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai visited the divine birth place of Lord Krishna’s dearest consort Srimati Radharani at Barsana in North India with Radhanath Swami. They observed a great need to treat cataract patients, and as they already had the experience of holding cataract operating camps in Maharashtra, the...
March 14, 2012
On February 26, Radhanath Swami appeared at the award-giving ceremony of the Gita Champions League, at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan in Mumbai, India. The Gita Champions League (GLC) was the brainchild of the local branch of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, who wanted to promote the values and wisdom of the Bhagavad-gita among school children. With nearly 5000 participants, the contest turned out to be a fun and inspiring way to help everyone absorb their minds in the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. The ceremony was the culmination of a...