What is submissive hearing

It means putting aside all your preconceived ideas, accepting yourself to be a fool and being willing to accept the superior authority without challenging the spiritual master and great sadhus. To open your heart, to open your mind, to open your ears, and to hear

H.H.Radhanath Swami – lecture SB 04 30 08 - 07-06-1991

Love and Trust

Love and trust breaks down when we have separate interests, separate motives, when we want to be the enjoyer, when we want to be the proprietor, when we want to be the controller.

Love and trust is established when we want ONE thing – to be the humble servant, to be the humble servant of Krishna, of the spiritual master, of the sadhus (saintly people), to be the humble servant especially of one another. You cannot separate Guru from his devotees.

- H.H. Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on surrender

Those who do not want to associate with Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, those who are not anxious to come to the temple to be with their devotees, the representatives of Guru Maharaj, we can understand they are having serious problems. Whatever they say, they can make so many excuses but really they want to enjoy independent of Krishna and they don’t want to be bothered by hearing about surrender. - H.H.Radhanath Swami