Radhnath Swami Guest Speaker at Milken Institute’s Global Conference
Radhanath Swami Visits Cambridge University
Radhanath Swami Speaks with “City of Joy” Author Dominique Lapierre
Flower Festival Delights Thousands In Mumbai
Radhanath Swami Speaks at Apple Headquarters
The Power of Intention
Radhanath Swami Address 100,000 Mumbaites at the Annual Ratha Yatra Festival
New Year’s Address 2012
Radhanath Swami Inaugurates Eco-village
Radhanath Swami Speaks at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
February 22, 2012
During the week of May 1-4, 2011, Radhanath Swami participated in the 2011 Global Conference of the Milken Institute at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. The Milken Institute is the brain-child and inspiration of Mike Milken, one of the most well-known American business magnates and philanthropists. The Milken Institute Global Conference has taken place every year since 1998. According to the Institute’s website, the Global Conference “brings together some of the most extraordinary people in the world – from entrepreneurs and executives to philanthropists, scientists and Nobel laureates....
February 21, 2012
On October 10th, Radhanath Swami addressed students at the University of Cambridge in England. Speaking on the topic of “Our World: Time for a Positive Change?”, he addressed the need for a spiritual re-awakening in the world based on principles of love and compassion. The event was held at Gonville and Caius College, one of the oldest colleges in Cambridge and hosted by The Bhumi Project in partnership with the Hindu Cultural Society, International Development Society and Krishna Consciousness Society. Highlighting the need for personal transformation in order to effect...
February 20, 2012
It was a meeting between two people who complemented each other with their life story, hitchhiking adventures, desire to serve society and their love for India. Dominique Lapierre, author of ‘City of Joy’ and Radhanath Swami were invited by Ajay Piramal, Chairman – Piramal India Ltd. and his wife Swati Piramal, Director – Strategic Alliances & Communications, for a family event that at their residence in Mumbai. The hosts requested them to share some words of wisdom on the theme of ‘Happiness, Love & Forgiveness’. Dominique Lapierre spoke first. He shared that he values Happiness as...
February 17, 2012
On the 28th of January, the first day of the spring season according to the Vedic calendar (also known as Vasanta Panchami), Radhanath Swami lead six-thousand guests, including sixty American yoga practitioners and teachers, to a flower festival at Radha Gopinath Temple, in Mumbai. The festival began in the morning with hundreds of the temple’s congregants plucking flower petals from over a ton of of a wide variety of flowers bought from all over India. Then in the evening Radhanath Swami addressed the guests on the special significance of the festival of bathing...
January 22, 2012
In the early afternoon of August 9th, 2010, Radhanath Swami was invited to speak at the headquarters of the world’s most valuable company, Apple, located in Cupertino, CA. The Apple Indian Association (AIA) hosted this special gathering of over 60 people, and they asked Radhanath Swami to speak on his “Life-Changing Journey Through Yoga”. After being introduced by AIA host Deepak Chandani, Radhanath Swami began by explaining that yoga is meant to bring us back to the realization of who we actually are, which allows us to go deeper in...
January 21, 2012
Below is an excerpt from a talk Radhanath Swami gave at the Prerna Festival (a monthly gathering of approximately 1000 young men) in December 2011, at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai. “These days, I think almost everyone is ‘in tension’ (laughter). The only way that individually and collectively we can come out of this tension that we are in, is to understand how to develop good intentions and to apply them in our lives. An intention is the purpose or the attitude that is behind our actions and our...
January 20, 2012
A sea of over a 100,000 people gathered to join the annual Jagannath Ratha Yatra Festival at Shivaji Park, in Mumbai, India on 7th January. The Jagannath Ratha Yatra (cart festival of Lord Jagannath) is a centuries-old festival which takes place in Jagannath Puri, India. It celebrates the return of Krishna (Jagannath) along with His brother and sister (Balarama and Subhadra) to Vrindavan, the place of the pastimes of His youth. Organized by the Radha Gopinath Temple the festival featured a...
January 11, 2012
“A new year is a land mark in our lives and a time for reflection on where we have been, where we are and where we want to go. It’s also time to ponder on our failures and mistakes in our spiritual lives. In the path of Bhakti every occasion and every thing is for the purpose of transformation. If the previous year bought sufferings in our lives we can take solace in the fact that all sufferings and punishments in this world are for our healthy rectification. Today we...
January 8, 2012
On December 24th Radhanath Swami presided over the official opening of the Govardhan Eco-village and Farm Community (GEV) spread over a scenic landscape of 60 acres near the Sahyadri mountain range, a two hour drive from the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The inauguration ceremony was marked with the presence of Mr. Nana Saheb Patil, the Ex-secretary of the Agricultural Ministry for the Government of Maharashtra, and 150 senior members of the Radha Gopinath temple congregation. . Under the inspiration and guidance of Radhanath Swami a dedicated community began...
December 19, 2011
The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is today one of the most respected centers for training and retreat in the United States. Since its inception in 1983, countless people have come for short retreats, courses in yoga and ayurveda, and periods of seva and ashram living. At the end of August, 2011, Radhanath Swami was invited to speak at the center for the first time. His two day lecture series was entitled ‘Bhakti Immersion: Ramayana’, and explored the ancient epic through storytelling and kirtan. There could...