Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Radhanath Swami on Children of God

The goal in human life is to be in God consciousness, to awaken one's natural devotion to the Lord. In the holy scriptures it is described that if a human dies without realizing God, he is a miserly person who has completely wasted his life. So it is the parents' first and foremost responsibility to try to create an environment that will induce the child to want to know and love God, and at the same time teach wonderful skills that they can use in God consciousness throughout their life. That is the singular exclusive reason for education - to give children tools that they can use in God’s service and express their love throughout their life. So all parents or future parents should take this very seriously. It is your first and foremost responsibility to your children to attract them to God by your personal example, by your words and by what you emphasize in their life. Raising our children should be in such a way that they are naturally attracted to God. Then even little austerities, with God in the center, is fun for children. We should create an environment where children find the greatest happiness in their life in those activities or subject matters that relate to God.

24 comments:

  1. love of God is the goal of life. thank you for the post.

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  2. Very nice instructions by HH Radhanath Swami's on giving spiritual environment and activities to children.

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  3. Arjun K RamachandraMay 30, 2012 at 3:26 AM

    A very important made here by Radhanath Swami on the responsibility of parents "It is your first and foremost responsibility to your children to attract them to God by your personal example, by your words and by what you emphasize in their life".

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  4. Very nice article to make us understand what is the real responsibility of parents. Thank you very much for sharing

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  5. A very nice article.This article gives us very valuable advice that constant and throughout life service to our Supreme Father is the only way to remember Him always and not to forget Him which is the only purpose of human form of life.Therefore to benefit other members of our family and children we should bring them up in God consciousness atmosphere.Thank you very much.

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  6. This is so valuable to all householders.

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  7. It is necessary to always working on different ways to make this very attractive to children and then soon their natural attration will be revived.

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  8. " to attract them to God by your personal example, by your words and by what you emphasize in their life."- Very powerful instruction by HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj!

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  9. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. Thank you for this wonderful article.

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  11. Wonderful message by Radhanath Swami on how to educate children about the Supreme Lord.

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  12. Thank you for this nice post about the right way to raise our children, so that they learn to love God!

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  13. Thank you very much Radhanath Swami for your wonderful guidance on the importance of inculcating God-conciousness in our child. This is indeed the need of the hour in today's grossly materialistic society.

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  14. Raising our children should be in such a way that they are naturally attracted to God. Then even little austerities, with God in the center, is fun for children. We should create an environment where children find the greatest happiness in their life in those activities or subject matters that relate to God.

    It has appealed me alot.

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  15. very nice thought.... love it.

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  16. Thanks for sharing.

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  17. At the tender age itself parents to facilitate the children to take to devotional service.All glories to HH Radhanatha Swami Maharaja.

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  18. thank you for showing us the aim of our lives - to love God.

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  19. Very nice advice to all parents & future parents to be......raising children in nice Krishna conscious environment is really the greatest responsibility......

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  20. Radhanath Swami so wonderfully explains the essence of parenting to raise our children in such a way that they are naturally attracted to God.

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  21. wonderful ,even little austerities, with God in the center, is fun for children.

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  22. nice one.. children should get the right kind of upbringing.

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  23. all parents Raise their children in such a way that they should get naturally attracted to God

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  24. Thanks for sharing the words "We should create an environment where children find the greatest happiness in their life in those activities or subject matters that relate to God"

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