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Radhanath Swami Cuts a Joke

“Am I getting old?” a thought sneaked into my mind. I was in my car, returning from a festival that bubbled with enthusiasm, with young men exuberantly dancing in kirtan in a style introduced by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a bhakti saint of the 16th century. Through it all I was feeling the opposite—unenthusiastic and sluggish. Now my intelligence figured out why—perhaps I was getting old. Slowly that thought snowballed, and I started feeling older and older and older, way beyond my years. My mind rolled towards old age faster than the tires. Soon I started imagining difficulties of old age mounting on my frail body. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, I expressed myself to my co-passenger Radhanath Swami, “I find myself out of the crowd and left out. All the other devotees are so enthusiastic and strong.”

He looked really amused by the jokes my mind played on me.  But as a remedy he cut yet another joke. It was a witty one that sobered me up. “Those who are young, they are very soon going to become old. But if you are not very enthusiastic, you are very soon going to become young again.”

Wasn’t that deep?

–Dr. Ashok Shetty.

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140 replies on “Radhanath Swami Cuts a Joke”

Its nice to read your experience with Radhanath Swami. Radhanath Swami makes everyone to feel enthusiastic and to become young again in the service of the Lord.

We want to guard against becoming young again, and so it is important we remain detrmined and enthusiastic, with our focus on serving our spiritual master and Shri Shri Radha Krishna. hari Bol!

it is a reality which was in joke . true we have to perfect our life this life time otherwise we have to be young again n again. thanks maharaj .

This joke really sobered me. I always keep lamenting about aches and pains and how I’m feeling old, but I better learn to be enthusiastic so I don’t become young again!!!

The very thought of gettting old can be intimidating. Maharaj’s style of humor can make situations easy.

Radhanath Swami’s witty nature is so well known and the best part it each of those witty comments carry a lovely message just right for the recipient.

Radhanath Swami is really expert at sharing very deep realizations in a witty manner. He shares deep philosophy amidst a joke, so intelligently.

always positive in any situation and radhanath swami doesn’t allow anyone to get discouraged at any point of ones life, this is the special quality of the great soul,

Radhanath Swami can be humorous, but at the same time deliver the most profound and cutting philosophy, which can bring one out of their own mental plane.

Every aspect of Radhanath Swami is deeply connected to divine Spirituality. This is also so wonderfully revealed in his humour…makes us light, yet leaves us with a deep point to ponder/contemplate – learn and grow in Spiritual life…

That’s some sense of humor! Yet you can’t help but notice how deep in Krishna Consciousness Radhanath Swami Maharaj is at all times.

thanks very much for sharing this wisdom.. Maharaj has summed up the entire philosophy in one sentence

One fo the deepest and fantastic replies by Radhanath Swami. Radhanath Swami is very clear in his thoughts. He does not like any of his disciples to come back to this world again. Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj for your causeless mercy.

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