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Radhanath Swami Addresses Devotees from South Africa

Radhanath Swami: On behalf of Srila Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupad and all of the previous acharyas and all of the assembled vaishnavas, I would like to welcome you all to Sri Sri Radha Gopinath temple. We are most honored and…

Radhanath Swami – Fight in Spiritual Life

Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur is one of the great compassionate servants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In fact he is an eternal associate of the Lord. He personally descended to this world of birth and death to teach all of us how we could overcome the toils and the sufferings of this material world. And here in this most wonderful song Bhaktivinoda Thakur is appealing to everyone to just take the names of Krishna. Whether you are a grihasta or whether you are a sannyasi, you can become free from all the happiness and sorrows of this world only by this process of Hari Nama, the chanting of Krishna’s holy Names. He is explaining that we are all bound up in this ocean of maya and we are forced to toil ruthlessly.

Developing Happiness

There are spiritual masters who have brought us, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, Gaur Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj, Bhaktivinod Thakur and all of the previous acaryas. They have all, with such humble devotion, made the sacrifice of their very lives, to bring to us, the supreme gift of the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And what is that mercy?

91-137 'Different Categories of Devotees' by HH Radhanath Swami, in Mumbai

sei bhakta-gana haya dvi-vidha prakara parisad-gana eka, sadhaka-gana ara   Types of Devotees Pure devotees are of two types: personal associates [parisats] and neophyte devotees [sadhakas]. Perfect servitors of the Lord are considered His personal associates, whereas devotees endeavoring to attain…

90-055 'Maya comes in disguise' by Radhanath Swami

Om namoh bhagavate vasudevaya Medicine for the conditioned soul Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the parampara system i.e. it is conveyed from spiritual master to disciple. Such glorification is relished by those no longer interested…