Radhanath Swami on Lord Caitanya reveals His heart

Lord Caitanya went home and sat down and began to contemplate that, “I descended into this world for the purpose of giving love of God through the medicine of holy name to the people. But now I see that the opposite is happening. If people blaspheme Me, if people disrespect Me, because I am the Supreme personality of… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on Lord Caitanya reveals His heart

Radhanath Swami on Nitai’s Mercy

One day Jiva told his mother that he was going to visit some relatives in one of their ancestral homes. When he came out of their sight he fled to Navadwip. There he was introduced to Lord Nityananda in Srivas’s home. Lord Nityananda embraced him and offered to take him on a personal tour of the… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on Nitai’s Mercy

Radhanath Swami on Holy Tirthas in Navadwip

Just seven days before Srila Prabhupada left this world,  Swami Trust’. he formed a trust named ‘Bhaktivedanta Swami Trust. Srila Prabhupada formed this trust for the purpose of dham. restoring the holy places in dham. So as part of that endeavour, one of the things we try to do is to locate the various places mentioned by Bhakti Vinod Thakur in his book ‘Navadwip Dham Mahatmya’ in… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on Holy Tirthas in Navadwip

Radhanath Swami on Entering the realm of Navadwip

If you want to really enter into the realm of Navadwip, Lord Caitanya taught us this consciousness – gopé-bhartur pada-kamalayor däsa-däsa-däsa-däsänudäsa. We should not try to become the master or the proprietor or the controller. If you want to know Krishna you have to put Vaishnavas in front of yourself. We should not be self-centred. It is our… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on Entering the realm of Navadwip

Radhanath Swami on Mood of the Yatra

Today we are beginning our yatra, Kartik of 2009. This human life is very rare, every moment is so precious. And the rarest of all things is the association of the Lord’s devotees. Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught through Rupa Goswami, five very important principles, which are most important to make spiritual progress. 1 .  To associate with devotees, 2… Continue reading Radhanath Swami on Mood of the Yatra

Radhanath Swami On Lord Caitanya loves to glorify his devotees

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu loved to glorify His devotees! He would speak of Haridas Thakur’s greatness as if He had five mouths. He spoke of Vasudev Dutt’s merciful nature as if he had 1000 mouths. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to give His devotees the credit for His mission. Lord Caitanya took a person from an untouchable class, Srila Haridas… Continue reading Radhanath Swami On Lord Caitanya loves to glorify his devotees

Nimai Rests On Ananta Sesa

“One day Nimai was crawling he didn’t know how to walk yet. Such a wonderful thing! In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells “I am strength of strong, the intelligence of the intelligent.” He is source of everything. But for the pleasure of his devotees he assumes a role where he cannot walk. He is crawling… Continue reading Nimai Rests On Ananta Sesa