Radhanath Swami Speaks with “City of Joy” Author Dominique Lapierre
Radhanath Swami Address 100,000 Mumbaites at the Annual Ratha Yatra Festival
Radhanath Swami Inaugurates Eco-village
Return to Busboys & Poets
AIDS Awareness Talk with Chetan Bhagat
The Elkins Estate, PA
Busboys and Poets – Washington DC
Special Events Center – Garland, Texas
India House – Houston, Texas
Omega Institute—Ecstatic Chant: The Yoga of Voice
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...
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 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 9, 2011
On a summer evening – June 25th, 2011, Radhanath Swami was again warmly received at popular Washington DC restaurant – Busboys and Poets. The venue is famous for hosting a range of speakers, focusing on writers, artists and activists, and has established itself as a gathering place for vibrant discussion and exploration of community and social issues. Kirtan group ‘As Kindred Spirits’ were on hand to play their take on traditional Indian devotional songs as everyone arrived, and later accompanied Radhanath Swami as he led the audience in call and...
December 31, 2010
On December 14th, 2010, author Chetan Bhagat joined Radhanath Swami at an AIDS Awareness event organized by the Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Foundation in Mumbai, India. Scores of college students listened as Bhagat, whom Time Magazine considers one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People”, described how important it is to cultivate spirituality in youth. “We need good academics, great career and a good partner, but we also need good values,” said Chetan. He explained that the political and economic corruption that India today faces is in fact a crisis...
November 30, 2010
David Dobson (a student of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) opened the doors of The Elkins Estate to Radhanath Swami and David Newman (Durga Das) on Saturday evening. Durga Das and his band of talented musicians, playing a diverse array of instruments, inundated the packed room with meditative mantra music. Humility was an underlying theme throughout Radhanath Swami’s presentation. He described how real humility is to be proud of being connected to beautiful miracles that we see all around us – which is actually only a spark of God’s splendor. He...
November 11, 2010
View Slideshow On Saturday, November 6th, 2010 Radhanath Swami spoke at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC. The name of the restaurant is in honor of the American poet Langston Hughes, who previously worked as a busboy in the 1930′s and would write poetry on customers’ napkins. One of those poems, “The Weary Blues,” he slipped to famed Russian poet Vachel Lindsay. Due to the city’s segregated policy, Hughes was unable to attend the poet’s reading in the hotel auditorium. The next day, Hughes read an article in a...
October 31, 2010
On Friday, October 8th, 2010, Radhanath Swami spoke at the Special Events Center in Garland, TX. The talk was preceded by a concert by Dallas-based “Sacred Sounds”. Guests of honor were welcomed with flower bouquets and gift copies of the “The Journey Home”. After the welcoming ceremony, various guests were invited on stage to discuss the book. Atul Vohra, VP of marketing service at Dell said, “I am very humbled to come here and speak about such a wonderful book written by a very pure and exalted personality, Radhanath Swami“....
October 19, 2010
On Saturday Oct 2nd 2010, there was a program at India House. Jugal Malani, India House’s president warmly welcomed Swamiji to Houston and spoke highly of his book, as did Girish Naik, president of Hindus of Greater Houston. When Radhanath Swami entered India House, 25 – 30 children welcomed him with flower petals. He reciprocated with the children by posing for a photograph with all the children. The leading members of Houston’s Indian community gave Radhanath Swami a wonderful reception at India House. Jugal Malani, India House’s president warmly welcomed...
September 25, 2010
As a member of faculty at the Omega Institute, Radhanath Swami joined Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Wah!, Deva Premal & Miten, Shyamdas and other kirtan luminaries for Omega’s sixth annual Ecstatic Chant Workshop. Held from September 9-12, 2010 in Rhinebeck, NY, “The Yoga of Voice” was a marathon weekend of blissful chanting with an amazing line-up of performers. (content from http://eomega.org/omega/workshops/b8282156e6f4d4bd3b19e774bcdc7d22) Join us for our sixth annual Ecstatic Chant retreat, one of the most popular events at Omega. A rare and exhilarating opportunity to join some of the Western...