Radhanath Swami, on the Eve…
By admin on October 14, 2010 | Category: Expert | Tags: Goswamis, Orthopedics, Radhanath Swami | 128 CommentsFirst the Glossary(…a little unorthodox style 
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Ananta Koti Vaishnavas –The millions of devotees of the Supreme Lord Krishna; according to the Vedic understanding, the majority of them are in the spiritual world, beyond the material universes.
Pancha Tattva—The Supreme Lord manifesting in five features—Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, NItyananda Prabhu, Advaita Acharya, Gadadhar Pandit, and Srivas Thakur. Their activities are documented in the epic Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita.
Six Goswamis—The six saintly followers of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who wrote books that form the basis of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology.
The story begins now….
Exam was approaching!!! At least this time… will I successfully clear my MS in Orthopedics?
Incidentally, Radhanath Swami visited my home on the eve of my exam. My medico friends also joined in to have his holy association. But the ambience was deadly dull: the gathering knew of the exam tension that gnawed at me, and they felt for this dear friend.
“So, how many times have you attempted so far to clear your exams?” Radhanath Swami asked me. “Tomorrow will be the fifth,” I felt my parched mouth as I replied; I burned with anxiety.
“Fifth attempt? Don’t worry. The Pancha Tattva will be there to help you out tomorrow,” said Radhanath Swami. That was a quip, but nonetheless a blessings. I bowed down in gratitude. As I raised my head, Radhanath Swami peered into my eyes.
Perhaps, detecting that I was still edgy, he said, “Don’t worry. If you don’t make it tomorrow, on your sixth attempt, the six goswamis will be there to help you.” My friends burst out laughing. I broke into a smile, spontaneously fell on my knees, and bowed down before him. When I raised myself, Radhanath Swami studied my eyes—once again.
“Don’t worry. Even if you cannot clear in your sixth attempt, you can endlessly go on, for ananta koti vaishnavas will be there…” The last few words of Radhanath Swami drowned in the sounds of roaring laughter that now filled the room. That roar dispersed the cloud hanging over me, and I too had a hearty laugh.
The next day I performed well, feeling light and depending on higher powers. And it turned out to be a winning performance.
Looking back, Radhanath Swami had taught me a lesson of dependence and a lesson of detachment from results. Later on I came to know that he had also made sure that my preparations were good: weeks before my exam, he had secretly called on my friends to help me out with my studies. So, at the end of the day, the lesson was–work hard, but with dependence on higher powers and with detachment.
–Dr. Girish Rathod
Jagdish Majethiya
Great lessons – Thanks a lot Prabhuji for sharing this wonderful story.
Satyanarayan das
Just Inspiring for individual one
Siddharth Hindlekar
Thank You for sharing
Yogita Jagannathan
Radhanath Swami is an amazing modern day saint. He not only stresses surrender and detachment but also hard work and dedicated endeavour on our part.
Bhaskar
Radhanath Swami maharaj is Spiritually witty.
Thanks for sharing..
Subodh
Radhanath swami have excellent realized antidote’s for any problems in life.
Thanks for sharing…
Ram Mohan
Thanks for sharing this experience with Radhanath Swami Maharaj. I had a hearty laugh
priya aiyar
Maharaj’s humour is spontaneous and he is almost always able to connect it with Krishna.It is his magnificent quality that all his words and deeds are only in relation to the Supreme Lord.
Prahalad Kaul
Nice sharing about hard work & dependence on the Lord
Mitali Kallianpur
thanks for sharing your experience.
Phani
Wonderful. Very hilarious. All glories to Radhanath Swami for such care and very expertly dealing with the situation. And all glories to you for sharing this wonderful incident with us.
bhakti karia
this is one of my favorites, very interesting article, hari hari rajesh karia
rajesh karia
must read, strongly recommeded article, haribol, rajesh karia
Mangesh kende
very wonderful article..this can help everybody to learn these important things which Radhanath Swami taught in this incident….thanks for sharing
saurabh
Work hard, but with dependence on higher powers and with detachment.
Thank you for a wonderful lesson.
Dewani
Thank you very much for sharing this humour-filled experience with the precious lessons you learnt from Radhanath swami.
umesh sarda
Radhanath Swami Maharaj knows exactly how to handle a situation to make the person feel inspired.
T.Sita Ramaiah
Thank you very much for sharing this. H.H Radhanath Swami deals with any situation and with any person most appropriately.
Servant
Haribol.. This wonderfull article just left me with a lot of laughter, by there is a great hidden message.
His Holiness Radhanath Maharaj Ki JAI
Dasi
Thank you very much for sharing
Gurrappanaidu
“work hard, but with dependence on higher powers and with detachment” … very nice lesson.
Thank you so much prabhu for sharing wonderful nectar.
Vinay Rachh
very humorous
Nilesh
wow… !!!
achyuta govinda
Many thanks for sharing this about the glories of saints such as Radhanath swami.
Chandrika
Thank you very much for posting this story.
Radhasangi Devi Dasi
Wonderful experience! Thank you for sharing.
sunny
a much needed example…we have to work hard depending on Krsna for the result/fruits and not be attached to the results/fruits…
Arjun K Ramachandra
That was a humorous cum enlightening story. It’s amazing how Radhanath Swami conveys such profound messages through such light talks!