Journey to Spiritual Places with Radhanath Swami

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Radhanath Swami on Our Qualification

on June 5, 2012 in Vrindavan Articles with 1 Comment
Radhanath Swami on Our Qualification

Once a devotee asked Srila Prabhupada, “What is our qualification to receive this highest knowledge of the supermost, topmost realm of the spiritual world?” Srila Prabhupada with all humility and honesty replied, “You had no qualifications, I made your qualifications.” While in Vrindavan, this is something for us to very sincerely meditate upon. For many […]

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Radhanath Swami – The Great Fortune

on June 5, 2012 in Vrindavan Articles with 2 Comments
Radhanath Swami – The Great Fortune

The month of Kartik manifests and personifies the unlimited compassion of Lord Krishna’s eternal pleasure potency, Srimati Radharani. In Vrindavan any devotional service performed, has the potency to purify our hearts and connect us to Lord Krishna, several times more than anywhere else. “To be in Vrindavan in the association of devotees, during the month […]

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Radhanath Swami on Srila Prabhupada’s Vision

on June 5, 2012 in Mayapur Articles with 3 Comments
Radhanath Swami on Srila Prabhupada’s Vision

In 1970s while Srila Prabhupada was in America he said, “We have come to this place so far away from Sridham Mayapur.” By this statement Srila Prabhupäda showed the importance of Sridham Mayapur. Sridham Mayapur is the spiritual centre of the universe. Therefore of all places in the planet, Srila Prabhupada decided to make this […]

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Understanding Vrindavan through the mercy of Srila Prabhupada

on February 17, 2012 in Vrindavan Articles with 1 Comment
Understanding Vrindavan through the mercy of Srila Prabhupada

The following is an excerpt from a class given by Radhanath Swami during the Vrindavan Yatra of 2011: Once a devotee asked Srila Prabhupada, “What is our qualification to receive this highest knowledge of the super most, topmost realm of the spiritual world?” Srila Prabhupada with all humility and honesty replied, “You had no qualifications, […]

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Killing of Pralambhasura and Vatsasura

on September 28, 2011 in Vrindavan Articles with 0 Comments
Killing of Pralambhasura and Vatsasura

Bhandirvan is also the place which witnessed various playful games amongst Krishna and His cowherd boyfriends. Once while playing hide and seek, the cowherd boys had divided themselves into two teams and it was decided that the loosing team members would have to carry the winners on their backs. That day one of Kamsa’s evil […]

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Appearance of Vrinda devi in Kamyavan

on September 28, 2011 in Vrindavan Articles with 0 Comments
Appearance of Vrinda devi in Kamyavan

Vrinda devi is an expansion of Shrimati Radharani. Vrinda devi is the presiding deity of the land of Vrindavan. In fact, She is orchestrating the whole land of Vrindavan to make pleasing arrangements for the pastimes of Radha and Krishna and Their devotees. She has many millions of parrots that are flying around Vrindavan, all […]

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Krishna Lifting Govardhan

on July 22, 2011 in Vrindavan Articles with 0 Comments
Krishna Lifting Govardhan

During the Vrindavan Yatra of 2008, Radhanath Swami gave a beautiful narration of Krishna lifting Govardhan Hill on the day of Diwali. Here are a few key philosophical points that Radhanath Swami covered during the lecture: 1)   After Indra’s attempt to destroy the Vrajavasis by sendi During the Vrindavan Yatra of 2008, Radhanath Swami gave […]

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An Instruction on the banks of Radha Kunda

on July 21, 2011 in Vrindavan Articles with 0 Comments
An Instruction on the banks of Radha Kunda

During a lecture at Vrindavan in the winter of 2008, Radhanath Swami spoke about what happened on the banks of Radha Kunda several decades ago. Radhanath Swami said, “It was on the banks of Radha Kunda that Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur instructed Srila Prabhupada. He spoke about the Baag Bazar temple and how some […]

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Manasi Ganga non-different from Ganga

on June 21, 2011 in Vrindavan Articles with 0 Comments
Manasi Ganga non-different from Ganga

In one of the Vrindavan Yatras, Radhanath Swami explained how Krishna revealed to the residents of Vrindavan that Manasi Ganga situated near Govardhan is non-different from Ganga. “One day Nanda Maharaj and the cowherd men heard the glories of Ganga: Once Garuda was carrying a snake in his claws and was flying over Ganga, when […]

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Radhanath Swami On Perceiving Vrindavan

on June 7, 2011 in Vrindavan Articles with 4 Comments
Radhanath Swami On Perceiving Vrindavan

Perceiving Vrindavan : Conditioned by mundane vision one might be misled to think of Vrindavan as an ordinary place, but the shatras explain that the dham is covered by a thin covering of material energy so as to keep the materialists and those interested in mundane sense gratification away. But the Lord, His abode, His […]

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