I sat in the temple hall, facing the altar and chanting on my prayer beads. As streams of the faithful flowed in and out of the temple, Radhanath Swami stood in front of the altar, praying. After a while he walked up to me. “What do you think of the altar?”
“It’s beautiful,” I fumbled.
He walked back and stood in front of the altar. After a minute he again walked up to me. “What else do you think of this altar?”
“It’s….it’s……it’s beautiful.” I felt sorry about my inadequate description. Surely, he was thirsting for words that matched the joy he felt as he gazed upon his worshipable deities of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath on the altar.
Radhanath Swami walked back to the front of the altar, only to return after a minute or two. This time as he approached me, a twinkle adorned his eyes, and a contagious smile bloomed on his face—as if he had discovered a suitable description himself. He said, “According to me this altar is the most amazing thing in the fourteen planetary systems.”
—Venugopal Acharya
188 replies on “What do you think of this altar?”
Radhanath Swami’s love for the Lord and His abode is unparellel
Radhanath Swami’s love for Radha Gopinatha!!!
it is amazingly beautiful
Thank you for sharing this incident.
thanks a lot for this post
A million thanks for sharing this beautiful incident involving Radhanath swami. It has been a great pleasure to read the posts involving Radhanath swami and his students on this website.
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Haribol.
Radhanath Swami is so deep within!
very nice
very true
Thank you very much for sharing this. All glories to H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj.
Thank you very much for sharing this inner mood of Maharaj.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj has amazing heart to see the truth.
such deep feeling.
Its such a wonderful article!
Very nice!
Thank you so much Radhanath Swamiji
Thank you for sharing your divine experience!
hari hari
this is such a glorious statement by Radhanath Swami. According to me this altar is the most amazing thing in the fourteen planetary systems.
Maharaj has such a depth of consciousness. Thank you for the article.
How Maharaj sees the world is something not everyone can think that way.
Very nice one!
Thank you for sharing this incident about Radhanath Swami which shows his constant absorption in serving Lord Krsna.
Thank you for giving an insight into the heart of Swamiji.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful experience.
Maharaj has so much of love and affection for Sri Sri Radha Gopinath ….
Radhanath Swami has. tremendous devotion for the deities .
Really its a Golok Dhaam.
Radhanath maharaj’s eyes are anointed with the salve of love for Krishna.!
nice one
Radhanath swami’s heart is full of love for Krishna which makes for his humble, compassionate, graceful, amazing personality!
Awesome, brings us closer to the beauty of Radhagopinath as well.
Hariboooool.WOnderful.
Beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
very sweet article… love it.
Maharaj has such love for Sri Sri Radha Gopinath…
sweet very sweet.