1. Relationship on the Platform of Truth

    January 17, 2013
    Bhakti means relationships as that is what fulfills the deepest needs of the heart. Things cannot fill that vacuum. You can have a house, nice clothes etc., but they cannot in anyway give fulfillment to the heart – only the mind and senses. What gives fulfillment to the heart is satisfying relationships. When relationships are frustrated, life is frustrated and people take shelter of non-living things such as money, objects and intoxication or if not with people then with animals. Our propensity is to love and we need to place it somewhere. In...

  2. Bhakti is About Seeking Shelter

    July 24, 2012
    One of the diseases that we come to spiritual practice with is that we expect things to go our way – “I am serving God and this is the way God should deal with me”. I have done this many pujas, this many sacrifices. He should make my children scholars, He should make them obedient to me. He should give me good health and, in fact, he should give all my family members good health. And my business, of course because it is for him it should flourish, it should...

  3. Following the Great Saints of the Bhakti Tradition

    November 25, 2011
    By the grace of our Srila Prabhupada and those exalted compassionate teachers of our parampara (lineage) the doors have opened for all of us to spend this priceless time together in Sri Vrindavan dham, where the opportunity to access the higest treasure of bhakti is being given to all of us. The ahankara, or false ego, puts us in a state where we want to be important in the eyes of this world. And in that state, if someone is given more importance than ourselves we become envious. And we...

  4. Visiting Vrindavan – the Land of Krishna

    October 27, 2011
    Setting the mood Currently, Radhanath Swami is leading a group of 4,600 pilgrims on a tour of Vrindavan, the holy land of Lord Krishna, famous as the epicenter of bhakti (devotional yoga). Located in North India, Vrindavan is traditionally described to be a special place where God in his most personal and charming form as Krishna shares loving exchanges with his dear-most devotees. Friends and students of Radhanath Swami, from around the globe, have gathered at Vrindavan to hear his discourses and visit the sacred places associated with Lord Krishna....

  5. Two Minutes of Wisdom at The Huffington Post

    August 6, 2011
    Radhanath Swami speaks as part of The Huffington Post series “Two Minutes of Wisdom” which features short messages from an array of spiritual leaders. To view the video on Huffington Post’s website, click here