|| Caitanya caritamrta lecture by HH Radhanath Swami at ISKCON Noida|| 04 Nov 2018

Who is Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassin (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth, and the New York Times bestseller The Journey Within. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths.
Born Richard Slavin, on December 7, 1950, in his teens he came to confront a deep sense of alienation from suburban Chicago life and the civil injustices of mid-century America. At the age of nineteen, while on a summer trip to Europe, his internal struggles culminated in a commitment to search for God wherever it might lead him. Meditating on the Isle of Crete, he felt a supernatural calling and the next morning set off alone to find spiritual India. The Journey Home documents his odyssey as a penniless hitch-hiker though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India. There he lived as a wandering ascetic, first amongst the forest dwelling Himalayan yogis and later amongst a wide variety of gurus and spiritual practitioners throughout India and Nepal. Ultimately, he was led to the holy town of Vrindavan, where he found his path amongst the Bhakti-yogis.
In Vrindavan he found the teacher he was searching for in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and representative of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (the Krishna-bhakti tradition stemming from the 16th century mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya). In choosing Bhaktivedanta Swami, as his guru, Radhanath Swami felt compelled to shear his matted locks and reenter Western society with a mission to share the sacred wisdom he had received. This return exemplifies the form of devotional yoga which is at the heart of Radhanath Swami’s teachings, a spiritual practice expressed as tangible action meant to bring about personal fulfillment and benefit the world.
At the the age of 31 he took the monastic vows of a Vaishnava sanyassin and became known as Radhanath Swami.
Today Radhanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, Europe and North America, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. He resides much of the year at the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty-five years he has guided the community’s development and has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, which daily serves more than 260,000 plates of sanctified vegetarian food to the children of the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams, an orphanage, and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India

[@triptikar6853]

Hare krishna hare Krishna Krishna Krishna hare hare hare Rama hare Rama Rama Rama hare hare ❤ 🙏

[@sushantnalawade6541]

জগন্নাথ स्वामी नमन पथ गामी भवतु मे ॥🪔🪔🪔 জগন্নাথ स्वामी नमन पथ गामी भवतु मे ॥🪔🪔🪔

[@sushantnalawade6541]

विश्वंभर निमाई श्रीकृष्ण चैतन्य चैतन्य महाप्रभु महाप्रभु गौरांग गौरहरी गौरसुंदर

[@sushantnalawade6541]

मोर येइ अभिलाष 🍁🍁 विलासकुंज दियो वास🌸🌸 नयने हेरिबो सदा युगलरूप राशी🪷🪷 नमो नम: तुलसी कृष्णप्रेयसी 🌾🌾

[@pranatidevi4430]

All glories to Lord Chaitanya. HH Radhanath Maharaj ki jay

[@full294]

I don't know how will i repay the mercy of such all great devotees.....I am filled with pride that I am among those chosen to hear this...HH Radhanath Maharaj ki jai!

[@tarakasatya]

❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@saurav1upreti]

Hare Krishna Dandvat Pranam Maharaj, PAHMO. After reading your book (Journey to Home) I was really excited to meet you. And, at last on last sunday I met you. You are the glorifying personality. Very pure and kind hearten which can easily seen in your lecture and kirtan. Thank you so much for coming and making our miserable spirit happy.

[@sushantnalawade6541]

Namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-shaktis tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalaha etadrishi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi durdaivam idrisham ihajani nanuragahah" O Radha Krishn, you have filled your name with all your power and these names can be remembered any time. You are really kind to do it, but I am so unfortunate that I don't love your name. Shikshashtakam, Chaitanaya Mahaprabhu

[@discoveryourself8072]

Hare Krishna! Thanks a lot for sharing this wonderful lecture.

[@krishnabhajandas2456]

Jai Gurudev !

[@sainathaivale5993]

Hare Krishna

[@anjanisingh2312]

Hare Krishna Thank you very much for sharing this lecture..... I was trying to attend this lecture but unfortunately I could not attend. Hare Krishna

[@shalugupta1491]

How to know when these events are happening. I want to be a part of eskon but don't know how?