I was rummaging through the car’s interior for Prasad, sanctified food, frantically. Meanwhile the street urchin who stood outside in the blazing sun grew in desperation and began to gesticulate wildly: he wanted Prasad. He was convinced we Hare Krishna’s carried it wherever we travelled. If not for the car’s glass window that separated us, he would have surely shoved me to accentuate his demand. I waited for the traffic lights to turn green, to zoom off; he hoped it remained red till he got his Prasad.
After a while he darted to the car’s window on the opposite side, where Radhanath Swami sat. As he thumped on the glass, Radhanath Swami glowered at me. “Garud, where is the Prasad?” I fretted. “No Prasad today,” I mumbled. I had seriously erred in not carrying any today. Radhanath Swami’s standing instruction was that the temple chauffeurs always carry Prasad, usually cookies, for the beggars at the stoplights. He knew the beggars loved it.
Radhanath Swami turned to the rear seat where the monks sat, “Does anyone have any Prasad?” Bags were searched in the silence that followed, until horns blared from the vehicles behind; the signal was green and we had to move.
As we lost sight of the boy’s disappointed face amidst the Mumbai traffic, Radhanath Swami turned to me. The compassion he felt for that boy was now a fury; he spelled out, “The next time when we travel, if you don’t carry any Prasad, I shall take off your shirt and trousers and give it away to the poor beggars.” I was mortified, and seeing that he quickly laughed to make me feel better. I laughed along, not knowing what else to do. A voice whispered from behind, “Did you follow what he told just now?” It was monk from the rear seat. He was shocked I was laughing after such a serious warning. Of course, he didn’t know I was sweating inside, and that the sweat glued my shirt and trousers tightly to my body.
After we reached the destination, I apologized to Radhanath Swami. With a loving smile that endeared him to me, he affectionately knocked on my forehead, indicating that he had forgiven me.
–Garud
141 replies on “Radhanath Swami’s Warning”
Radhanath Swami strongly believes that the way to heart is through stomach. To give the blessings of God to anyone in a very simple manner is to give sanctified food. Amazing story from life of Radhanath Swami.
Compassion , correction and affection of Radhanath Swami … Thank you for sharing.
Radhanath Swami is genuinely concerned with welfare of all living entities. Thank you for sharing this.
Its a learning experience for us to follow. Thank you. it also reflects how Radhanath swami doesn,t want even a single soul to be bereft of receiving Krsna’s mercy.
Radhanatha Swami’s compassion encompasses all living entities and he is so loving instructing his disciples to follow the same through his example. Thank you for sahring this.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s compassion knows no bounds!
Maharaj’s compassion for all living entities is unbelievable.
Radhanath is genuinely loving and caring person, showing appropriate compassion and love to all people according the mood and service.
Radhanath Swami’s compasssion for every one is amazing
Radhnath Maharaj is an embodiment of compassion
thank you for sharing, this story shows HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s compassion and sense of humor. Haribol!
Truly compassionate and loving to every living entity.
compassion to wards everyone
Radhanath Swami is compassionate to every one. Thank you very much for sharing the same.
What an amazing experience with Radhanath Swami. This shows how much compassion he has for eveyone in this world. He somehow wants all of us to follow him to go backhome back to Godhead.
Thank you Radhnath Swami for this warning. Next time, I will also caary some prasad while driving
Radhanath Swami is so compassionate not only to his disciples but everyone.
Radhanath Swami is so loving towards everyone – but in doing so he doesn’t neglect his own intimate associates, he is compassionate and forgiving even if they have erred.
radhanath swami has compassion for all living entities.
Radhanath Swami has a very sweet way of getting his message across, in a way you will not forget in the future.
Radhanth Swami corrects ones mistake without hurting the person but at the same time he makes sure that the lesson is learnt. Wow, amazing..
radhanath swami is amazing
Maharaj’s chastisement is also so thoughtful…what to talk of his compassion…
Thank you very much for sharing this. We can understand how H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj is compassionate, is correcting his followers and is also affectionate towards his followers. Maharaj ki jai.
Radhanath swami although being such a great saint is always concerned with the underpriviledged and downtrodden people of the society
HHRNSM is so compassionate for each and every entity, thank you Maharaj, haribol, bhakti
This is very nice experience with Radhanath Swami Maharaj. Radhanath Swami has an unlimited compassion towards every one.
HHRNSM is so merciful and pure and the amount of love and care he has for all living beings, its just blissful, haribol, rajesh karia
Radhanath Swami has conveyed a very important message here. Generally we do not want to give money to the beggars because they could misuse it and also because, by doing that we might encourage this “profession” and spoil a child’s future. But as kind human beings, we cannot be stone hearted and not give anything them. Giving “Prasad” is the most intelligent thing to do. By that we connect the poor soul to God.
Wonderful Instruction for everyone to follow!
Wonderful experience. Thanks for sharing.
Surely, Radhanath Swami Maharaj has such compassion for everyone, however insignificant or unrelated that person may be. Hats off to HH Radhanath Swami.
giving Krsna to everybody in the form of Prasad. Thank you for sharing.
Radhanath Maharaj is really humble personified and he has an compassion for every soul
Thank you for sharing this incident. It’s very touching and at the same time very instructive.
Radhanath Swami’s compassion & sense of humour is unparalleled…..very nice experience……
Its so nice when a person is said to rectify his mistakes in such a loving way that the person certainly respects it and remembers it in future to make sure that he follows it. Jai Gurudeva!!
Radhanath Swami is not only all merciful and compassionate but also teaches his disciples to be the same.
I will also try and carry prasad from now on. Jai !!
Very Very instructive.
RADHANATH SWAMI is so compassionate…..it is just amazing.
A very simple but important instruction given by his holiness Radhanath Swami. Thank you Garud Prabhu for sharing it with us.
Radhanath swami is filled with compassion- for the body and the soul.
maharaj is not only concerned about his disciples but about every soul
Radhanath maharaj shows compassion and has love for all living beings.
Thankyou for sharing this incident. It gets us also onto our toes, for never travelling without carrying some prased to distribute.
Radhanath Swami has humorous ways of chestising.There is also copassion in his chestising.
Radhanath Swami is soft like a butter and stronger than a thunderbolt! We get to see both the aspects while instructing his disciples.
A compassionate ending to a powerful and serious instruction.
Radhanath swami is teaching a very nice lesson here on compassion for all.