I’ll speak something on Radhanath Swami’s ‘service consciousness’—that’s striking and charming.
In 1994, when I started to lean towards spirituality, coincidentally Radhanath Swami started to frequent London. I remember. During this visit, someone had put up a notice at the Soho Street Temple asking for a volunteer to drive Radhanath Swami to different places. My heart already impacted by just two discourses I’d recently heard from this ‘new and lovely’ Swami, I happily volunteered. On the last day of his visit, as Radhanath Swami drove in my car to the Heathrow Airport, I felt an impulse to share my deepest feelings. From behind the wheels I said, “I feel you are my spiritual guru.” Before my eyes blinked came the reply, “I feel I am your servant.”
In 1999 I formally accepted Radhanath Swami my spiritual guru. With passing years, my spiritual life grew stronger—especially as my family life grew miserable. Sometime in 2001 during a chat I disclosed to Radhanath Swami how I flinched even as I remembered the cutting criticisms of my mother-in law. To my surprise, his body shook in laughter and he said, “She did a great service.”
–Gavin Alexander
194 replies on “Radhanath Swami’s Service Consciousness”
Hare Krishna!!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience.
Thankyou for sharing such a beautiful event
thank u so much for sharing such a wonderful experience.Maharaj has got amazing qualities one of them being service attitude.HH radhanath maharaj ki jai.
Wonderful incident from the life of Radhanath Swami giving us a glimpse of his sincerity and humour in teaching his followers.
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One of the wonderful qualities of Maharaj is that we learn by his examples that everyone is equal.
Wonderful realization – All glories to HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj. Thanks a lot Prabhuji for sharing the nectar.
This is awesome experience with radhanath swami
Selfless service attitute is the key to progress in devotional life. Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience with Maharaj
HH Radhanath Swami speaks profound truth yet making a tough situation light
Brilliant story! Thanks for sharing
Radhanath Swami inspires people with his humility and sense of humor ans his ability to see hand of krishna in all cuases as shown in above incident.
Radhanath Swami is simply amazing….!!!!
Really the story is wonderful.Radhanath swami is a wonderful saint who is following in the foot steps of his guru.He knows in which situation how to act accordingly.
very touching
Maharaj has pointed out appropriately that it all depends on how we look at criticisms.All glories to Guru Maharaj who can look over negativity in a positive light.
Hare Krsna, the reply which Maharaj gave at Last was very beautiful.
Maharaja sees every situation as Krishna’s arrangement for our progress…
Thanks for Sharing
many times it so happens from others criticisms which are unbearable,from there the spiritual, thoughts begin to come into the mind.When there will be no one then we look for God.or for Guru.
Maharaja sees every situation as Lord Krishna’s arrangement.
Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant!
Maharaj is most compassionate being, I have ever heard of..
Thank You
thank you for sharing very nice article.
Thank you for sharing these intimate exchanges with Swamiji. Swamiji is a person of the heart.
So nice
Maharaj has a great sense of humour
Whi ever comes in touch with Maharaj they have to change.That is the greatness of maharaj
Radhanath Swami’s humility is very touching. In the service to his guru in spreading Krsna Consciousness to the people Radhanath Swami considers himself as a servant of the servant of the Vaishnavas and the previous great saints.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful article. Haribol!
Great souls like Radhanath swami see the grace of the Lord in every situation.
funny at the same tiem instructive!
Radhanath Swami has a very good sense of humor.
wonderful article
Profound understanding!!
Hari hari, Maharaj has a great sense of humour. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you for sharing.
Maharaj does everything in the service mood
All replies of Maharaj are pithy, and they strike you like one important message that it becomes an eternal source of inspiration. This is because the consciousness is based on principles of Bhakti. Thats the power of spiritualism.
All Glories to Srila Radhanath Swami !
Excellent experience !
Thank you prabhu for sharing it !
Hare Krishna !
Thank you very much for sharing this. All glories to H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj.
Very inspiring and wonderful experience.
The consciousness gets reflected in the activities we perform on daily basis and hence we see that great souls like Radhanath Swami are always living in the mood of servant of the servant.