Thursday, March 3, 2011

Radhanath Swami on Freedom and Slavery

Freedom means to surrender to the truth. To serve the mania of the society of this world is slavery. But such is the ignorance of this world that we think that slavery to our mind, senses, and ego is freedom, while living a spiritually oriented life is slavery. To us, following the rules and regulations of spiritual life feels like slavery. We think that spiritual life means giving up so many nice things in life that give so much enjoyment. But, from the perspective of reality, to be addicted to all these things - which simply infatuate and perpetuate the power of false ego - is slavery.
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16 comments:

  1. Abhijit ToleyMarch 3, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    Very powerful and eye-opening description of slavery by Radhanath Swami.

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  2. GopasanaMarch 3, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj uncovers a subtle truth that we fail to notice.

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  3. GuruMarch 3, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Wonderful article.

    HH Radhanath swami maharaj very nicely explained the misconception about spirituality and spirituallife, especially at neophyte stage every one think that spiritual life means giving up so many nice things.

    Spiritual life mean living blissfully and spirituality teaches how to live dynamically in this material world, but majority of people think in other way around.

    Thank you so much for sharing wonderful nectar.

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  4. Vinay MalaniMarch 3, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    Radhanath Swami has very expertly separated the chaff from the grain through his well-informed analytical presentation of the terms 'freedom' & 'slavery'.

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  5. PhaniMarch 3, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Wonderfully explained my Radhanath Swami Maharaj. Thank you very much for this post.

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  6. Shyam Bihari DasMarch 3, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    This is such an apt analogy, as we are slaves to our senses if we are not spiritual and surrendered to the Lord. Maharaj has so nicely distinguished between being spiritual and being a slave to your senses.

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  7. ManasaMarch 3, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Thank you very much for sharing. Radhanath Swami reminds us about the act of false ego which makes us to think as a slave

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  8. Piyush SinghMarch 3, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    "Freedom means to surrender to the truth. To serve the mania of the society of this world is slavery."

    Fantastic point. Thank you Radhanath Swami.

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  9. vibhu goelMarch 3, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj to bring us out from the illusory nature of this material world to the light of knowledge to understand what will give us happiness in this world.

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  10. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 12:26 AM

    Hari bol, what a wonderful article. Thanks for sharing this Maharaj.

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  11. swapnilMarch 4, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    Thank you Radhnath Swami for removing the misconception and telling us about the real meaning of freedom and slavery

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  12. anandaMarch 4, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    Thank you Maharaj!

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  13. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Maharaj gives the inner meaning of freedom and slavery.

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  14. Ravi GargMarch 5, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Bitter truth of the modern world revelaed by Swamiji......

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  15. priya aiyarMarch 7, 2011 at 5:09 AM

    Maharaj has put across so nicely the real meaning of slavery.Only the likes of Maharaj who have risen above such conditions can know factually the meaning of freedom and can enlighten others.Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Sumit SharmaMarch 8, 2011 at 3:24 AM

    One can be a slave of either Maya or the Lord, but being a slave of the Lord is really a freedom, because that's our constitutional state. Nice message from Radhanath Swami.

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