INSPIRO 2012 Youth Fiesta – Mumbai
Expanding the Divine Vision: Barsana Eye Camp 2012
Flower Festival Delights Thousands In Mumbai
Spirituality in Healthcare – Radhanath Swami Addresses the Mumbai Medical Association
Meeting India’s President Patil
The Festival of Divine Dance
Bhaktifest
Meeting with President Obama
East Meets West at Princeton University
Spiritual Unity Amidst Religious Diversity
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...
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...
December 13, 2011
Stressing the need for spirituality in healthcare, Radhanath Swami, along with doctors from the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, addressed the Mumbai Medical Association at Worli, Mumbai on December 11. The article below was published in India’s Daily News & Analysis (DNA). Greater Role for Spirituality in Health Care Stressed (Tuesday, December 13, City section page 7) With science and technology not being able to keep pace with the newer subtle lifestyle-related problems, doctors and spiritual organisations addressed the need for greater role of spirituality in the field of health care. Calling it the ‘Fourth dimension...
December 9, 2011
On January 6th, 2010, in honor of his service to the Country of India, Radhanath Swami was invited to meet India’s President Pratibha Patil. The meeting took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan, The Official Residence of the Head of the State, at Raisina Hill, New Delhi. Below is an excerpt from an article written by Radhanath Swami about the meeting. It was previously publish on The Huffington Post. The article can be read in it’s entirety here. “As a...
October 18, 2011
On the evening of October 15th, Sharad Purnima, a traditional festival of the Autumn full-moon, was celebrated at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai with Radhanath Swami and over five thousand guests. The Indian scriptures reveal that in the sacred land of Vrindavan, five thousand years ago on the night of Sharad Purnima, Lord Krishna performed a beautiful dance festival called rasa lila with his dear-most devotees, the gopis. Bhakti yogis congregate on this night to commemorate the event through the singing of beautiful devotional songs. The guests were also...
October 1, 2011
September 8th-11th, marked the third annual Bhaktifest, a four day music festival featuring non-stop kirtan concerts, along with yoga classes, meditation, vegetarian cuisine, and midnight fire ceremonies (pujas), all set in the tranquil beauty of the Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree, California. For the second year in a row Radhanath Swami attended Bhaktifest taking part in many of it’s featured events including the opening puja ceremony, several lectures and many of the kirtans. Radhanath Swami also sat on a panel for a discussion on the subject of bhakti, along with...
June 24, 2011
On June 13, 2011 Radhanath Swami was invited to meet with the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama at an event in Miami Florida. He was grateful to accept the invitation on behalf of his beloved Guru, Srila Prabhupada and dedicated the meeting to his beloved Godbrother Bhakti Tirtha Swami. The President and Radhanath Swami shared a heartfelt talk for several minutes.
May 12, 2011
East Meets West at Princeton University Brings Together Radhanath Swami and Dr. Cornel West. Two men having a conversation – On one seat sits Dr. Cornel West, a distinguished African American gentleman in an elegant black suit and tie, sporting a dramatic Afro hairstyle and a black goatee shot through with gray. One of the most well-loved and respected professors at Princeton University, he’s a Baptist and is outspoken about his faith, especially his love of Jesus as the force that defines him and guides him in everything he does....
February 15, 2011
February 10, 2011, Mumbai: At times when the world is traumatized by religious conflicts and tensions, it was heart-rendering to see Radhanath Swami take the initiative to meet eminent religious leaders and work towards spreading the message of love and peace. Radhanath Swami participated in an interfaith conference on ‘Decline of morality in public life: Role of religion in restoring it” organized by by K.J. Somaiya College. The Somaiya trust is one of the largest educational trusts in India with 34 institutes and 27,000 students. The dialogue brought together members from...