Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Radhanath Swami on Life and Soul

The love of the spiritual world is manifested in this world as compassion to lift the fallen souls who have rejected God, and are suffering. This compassion is expressed through great souls whose greatest happiness is to see people reconnecting with God. And this compassion is received by one who takes the order of one's spiritual master as one's life and soul and, by that process, is empowered to be the instrument of God's will. Honoring a spiritual master is not just speaking words of praise and offering garlands; it is carrying out the orders of the spiritual master according to one's capacity and pleasing him by the endeavor.
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21 comments:

  1. Sumit SharmaJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    Great message by Radhanath Swami. We can learn from his example how he has made the instructions of his spiritual master (Srila Praphupada) his life and soul. If we can adopt even a little of it, we can make our lives successful. All the spiritual scriptures focus of this aspect.

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  2. Vinay MalaniJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    Radhanath Swami Maharaj has performed tremendous Vaishanava seva by helping to deliver multitude of people across the globe by bringing them into the loving embrace of Krishna Consciousness. Srila Prabhupada must be definitely very very pleased with him. And not it is the turn of the followers of Radhanath Swami to please him by expanding KC further into different regions & parts of the world.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    Honoring a spiritual master is not just speaking words of praise and offering garlands; it is carrying out the orders of the spiritual master according to one's capacity and pleasing him by the endeavor.

    Dear Radhanath Swami, I will do my best to live up to this. Thank you!

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  4. Shoba RamachandranJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj explained in a very simple way - how to honor a spiritual master.

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  5. ChetanJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    Radhanath Swami nicely explained how one should honor a spiritual master by carrying out the orders of the spiritual master according to one's capacity and pleasing him by the endeavor.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2011 at 10:45 PM

    What is true Guru Seva has been explained very beautifully by Radhanath Swami. Also it helps to know that Guruseva gives us access to love of God simply by helping him in distributing his compassion to others.

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  7. N. SwaminathanJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    Praising the spiritual master is easy, but the spiritual master is happy when we follow his instructions

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  8. indreshJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:57 PM

    thank you Radhanath mahraj ! pleasing spiritual master is to carrying out his orders , thank you very much for setting the right direction in spiritual life.

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  9. MeeraJanuary 19, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    A sincere disciples understand the mood of his Guru and here we see Maharajah guiding us how to please the Guru.

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  10. krishna chandraJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    The true relationship between a spiritual master and a disciple is beautifully explained here.

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  11. SamirJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:23 AM

    very good explanation. thank u maharaj.

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  12. Milind M ChuriJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    The fundamentals of relationship between the Guru,The God and the soul (who desire to get reinstated through following of Guru's instruction) is given herin by Radhanath Swamiji.Thank you very much.

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  13. ankur sharmaJanuary 20, 2011 at 5:09 AM

    Thank you for the reminder

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  14. BipinJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

    Sincerity pays, and sincerity on the path of Bhakti, will for sure be successful for a better future.

    Hare Krishna

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  15. KrishnadasJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    This comment of Radhanath Maharaj is in line with Prabhupada's purport in Bhagavad Gita that the 'secret of success in spiritual life is pleasing the spiritual master'.

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  16. SwapnilJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Thank you Radhanath Swami for giving me purpose of life

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  17. T.Sita RamaiahJanuary 21, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    "Honoring a spiritual master is not just speaking words of praise and offering garlands; it is carrying out the orders of the spiritual master according to one's capacity and pleasing him by the endeavor." These words are so important for sadhakas like me. Thank you Maharaj for reminding us.

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  18. Ravi GargJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    Very instructive article......

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  19. Vidya PathamJanuary 23, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    Thank you Radhanath Swami for explaining the real meaning of surrendering to a Guru.

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  20. PoojaJanuary 23, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    Thank u for the article, there's so much to learn.

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  21. vaishali kamatJanuary 24, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    Radhanath Swami is a role model of this aspect of carrying out the orders of the Spiritual Master.

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