Gloom lurked in the silence between us, as Radhanath Swami and I sat facing each other, pondering, “What action to take?” His student, whom I also knew well, had grossly blundered, adversely affecting many lives. Now we expected her here, at any moment. In fixing an appointment with Radhanath Swami, either she was daring, or she had no qualms about her blunder.
Radhanath Swami broke the silence. “What should I tell her?”
Disgust stirred in my chest as I whispered, “You should not meet her.”
“That might be your approach. My love, however, is eternal. Even if one commits the most gruesome crime, my love for that person will not terminate, not even change. ” Radhanath Swami, narrowing his eyes, continued, “But then, that love I express in a different way.”
Just then, the lady entered with her parents. After thoroughly scolding her, Radhanath Swami concluded, “Until you genuinely repent for your mistakes, the doors of our Radhagopinath temple will remain closed for you. You won’t be allowed to participate in any of the temple festivals.” The meeting ended.
Four years passed. One day, when I met Radhanath Swami in the temple corridor, he spoke of a phone call from the lady’s parents. They had conveyed to him the heart-felt repentance of their daughter. Radhanath Swami asked me, “Should we allow her to come to the temple now?”
“You please decide.”
“I think we should allow her now,” Radhanath Swami declared.
In that scolding she received from Radhanath Swami, if the lady had felt anything but love, perhaps she would never even
think of returning.
133 replies on “Radhanath Swami’s Approach”
Radhanath Swami Maharaj is like a true loving father, who has the best interests of the child at heart… Even though sometimes, the father may severely chastise the child for his mistakes, his love for the child will not diminish and the child will reciprocate also accordingly.
Radhanath Swami is truly compassionate and is the ultimate friend of all.
Externally Radhanath swami might appear to have chastised his student, but internally Radhanath swami has great love for each person as seen in this example. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful post
So nice, thanks for sharing this.
Radhanath Swami is merciful but there is a lesson to be learnt we shouldn;t take advantage of his good nature but be a good human being by following his instructions and that way please him instead of giving him trouble by asking him for another chance
Just like our father and mother, despite all mistakes and blunders they do not abandon us and strive to correct us, Radhanath Swami takes charge of our life and from his teachings creates a Gem our of our mislead life’s.
Maharaj love is trully eternal. Maharaj is not only mercifull but also humble and tolerant.
Radhanath Swami displays unconditional love & cvompassion for his disciples through his forgiving nature. Indeed forgiveness is Godliness.
From this incident it seems a devotee never inclined to terminate relationship at any cost
MAHARAJ IS TRULY EXAMPLARY IN SPREADING TRUE LOVE
Very nice. Radhanath Swami is really compassionate & has eternal love for everybody.
Radhanath Swami has genuine concern for the people he comes across. It is Radhanth Swami’s fatherly love and affection that has got back a lost soul to the place of great learning.
Radhanath Swami, always is compassionate towards all, time and again one gets to see this aspect of his, at times his actions may bewilder us and one may think in that case he was so kind and now he is being so strict, but somehow due to his purity in spirituality, he is like and expert doctor who knows what should be the line of treatment to relieve one permanently of the aliment.
Radhanath swami’s love for his devotees is unfathomable. His love and concern saved the spiritual life of a lost soul
The loving relation shared by a spiritual preceptor with the living entity is very much similar to the loving relationship shared by the Lord with each one of us. It is etrenal and he never leaves us inspite of whatever we do; waiting for us to turn to him.
Radhanath swami knows how to help people continue to have relationship even after showing them their faults.
Radhanath Swami understands true definition of love and he is very compassionate.
very nice
Radhanath Swami is like a true father to all who will love his children and simaltenously scold them for their benefit as well.
Swami’s love and compassion is limitless
so much discipline and that also with love…. how to deal with the problem only Maharaj can do this so well…… he is our real loving father
Only a person who truly loves God can give God’s love to everyone. Only such a pure soul can love eternally irrespective of whether the person does good or bad. This is the love of the spiritual world. The so called love of this world is situational and subjective.
Love and mercy of god flows down through His special devotees like HH Radhanath swami maharaj. Jai
radhanath swami ki jai
that is why one of Radhanath Swami’s God Brother calls him .Per Ke Nakh Se Shikha Tak Radhanath Swami sirf Hridahya hain( only heart)
love goes beyond patting and scolding. sometimes scolding and giving a chance to correct is true love.
A true sadhu like Radhanath swami always feels compassion for each and every soul
Radhanath Swami wants to correct his students out of intense love for them.
H H Radhanath Mahraj apparently may be he chastises her but inside of his hearts he having deep love and care for his disciple that’s why she would have realized and repented. Without the mercy of Guru no one will be survive in Krishna Consciousness. Jai Gurudev!!!
thanks for sharing
Radhanath Swami’s guru sometimes used to chastise his disciples and surprisingly they used to enjoy his chastisements, because they see benefits in his chastisements. Radhanath Swami, like any other great soul is a wellwisher of all the living entitiese, what to speak of the ones who he loved most.
Thanks for sharing this touching story – Radhanath Swami Maharaj showed how True Love is unconditional. Thanks a lot Maharaj for your fatherly compassion towards all.
It show maharah mercy..how maharaj is compassionate to everyone..
I have no words to say. Radhanath Maharaj ki Jai.
Radhanath Swami is a true well wisher and a father. His transparent nature and guidance changes anyone’s heart to become good.
Maharaj is truly very compassionate
This incident is amazing that it reveals the utter humility of Maharaj, when he asks his disciple “What should I tell her?”. This is so wonderful. Just like Krishna says he is always subservient to his devotees, Maharaj is setting a similar example here. Hari Bol!
This tells us that Maharaj’s eternal love and compassion is transcendental as it has the same effect of healing the heart although externally expression are different.
All Glories to HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj.
A spiritual master chestising his student is like father chestising his son or daughter.It is out of love.And, love transforms hearts.All glories to Radhanath Swami.
ALl GLories To H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
This is a difficult experience prabhuji. But after all the chastsing the Guru will never let you alone , so that you dont drift away from spirituality .
Hare Krishna
all glories to Radhanath Swami
Fanning the fire to get flame.Radhanath swami is very expert in dealing with this type of cases. dadami budhi yogamtam, yenemam upayantite. Radhanath Swami receives the intelligence from Krishna to handle the situation. Anyone and everyone gets mercy of Krishna through Radhanath swami. all glories to Radhanath Swami.
Maharaj is the best person to deal in any inter-personal problems.. He cures the disease at the same time patient or a person feels equally loved. Thanks for sharing .
Wonderful article,thanks for sharing.
Wonderful article,it shows Radhanath Swamis compassionate heart filled with love,thanks for sharing.
Beautiful story !
Thank you very much for sharing
Thank you very much Radhanath Swami Maharaj for your compassion and love for all of us.
Whatever a pur devotee does is good
Thank you very much for sharing