Radhanath Swami and a Special Security Guard

Post author By It So Happened
Post date May 31, 2011
144 Comments on Radhanath Swami and a Special Security Guard

The Heaven on Earth is a colossal structure recently erected on ISKCON’s property in Juhu, Mumbai, to meet this spiritual society’s growing needs. On the first floor of this building, two long, lonely corridors run perpendicular to each other, and at their intersection stands a security guard, dutifully. This guard is no ordinary person! Perhaps a year ago, when I was at Heaven on Earth, I realized how special he was.

On my way to a dear friend’s room on the first floor, I had come across this sentinel. Hardly noticing his presence, I had turned left at the intersection he stood guard, to enter the second corridor from the first. Just one step tread, and I saw someone familiar emerge from the corridor’s other end. It was Radhanath Swami.

Those who have had Radhanath Swami’s holy association know how it feels like in his presence! I call upon them to imagine: on this lonely corridor—I on this end and Radhanath Swami on the other—and the two of us walking towards each other! I was paralyzed in self-awareness. I forgot how to walk, nay how to breathe. In shyness as I tottered, my eyes gazed the floor, and my mind squirmed in a daze. I knew not what to expect when we met midway. Finally, after an apparently long trek, came the climax. As we crossed, I pushed my glance up towards Radhanath Swami, and he beamed back a beautiful smile. Then tilting his head forward, he folded his palms in front of his face, thus expressing his respects to me. I was elated and felt so special. “Indeed,” I thought, “he knows me since 1998, and he also knows I am a graduate from a premier institute, the Indian Institute of Technology IIT.”

When I reached the other end of the corridor, I turned back for no reason in particular, and saw: Radhanath Swami was at the intersection, and he tilted his head and folded his palms in front of the security guard, exactly as he had done with me! And I could vouch that he was meeting that security guard for the first time in his life, and the security guard was an illiterate!

Deeply humbled, I took to heart a sacred lesson: the Supreme Lord’s representatives know every individual living entity—as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. And so everyone is special in their eyes, regardless of externals.Therefore, from a spiritual perspective, that security guard was very special—as special as I felt myself to be in Radhanath Swami’s holy presence.

–Siddeshwar Bhat

Tags IIT, Indian Institute of Technology, radhanath, Radhanath Swami

144 replies on “Radhanath Swami and a Special Security Guard”

Thank you for shring this incident

Thank u so much… appreciate ur humility…

Very nice experience, thank you so much for sharing the same.

Everyone is special as everyone is part and parcel of Lord.

radhanath swami maharaj makes everyone feel special in true manner without ulterior motives.

very nicely worded experience! thank you for sharing this quality of Radhanath Swami

Pure devotee of the Lord see Levey living entity at soul level and at that level we all are same, part and parcel of the Lord. All glories to Radhanath Swami for helping so many soul to realize it.

Very touching story

Radhanath swami sees everyone with equal vision.

The vision of a true lover of God like HH Radhanath Swami looks at every living entity through the vision of the Supreme Lord and hence does not make any distinction based on externals of a person.

A lesson that I learnt from this incident is a true seer of Supreme Lord like HH Radhanath Swami sees everybody who os doing ones duty properly with equanimity. A business man should do his duty properly as much as the security guard should do his duty.

The humility of great spiritual personalities is like an ocean

thank u for sharing this incident.

Great souls transform the hearts of others, even without speaking to them. All glories to Radhanatha Swami.

Thank you for sharing….

Pure devotee of the Lord see Levey living entity at soul level and at that level we all are same, part and parcel of the Lord. All glories to Radhanath Swami for helping so many soul to realize it.

thank you for sharing

Inspiring

Maharaj considers everyone equal. Thank you so much for sharing to us.

Great souls live what they preach.

Hari Bol

Panditah sama darsinah – Maharaj personifies it !!

Every interaction with Maharaj is deeply valuable lesson.

WOW!! I just dont have any word, Radhanath Maharaj ki Jai!!

This incidents helps me a lot, please keep such incident.
Hare Ksna

This is the beauty of Krishna & his pure devotees…..they don’t see the material body of a living entity but the soul in them…….

Personalities like HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj see the spirit soul within rather than the outer covering.

Thank you much for sharing wonderful experience.

This is the best example for “Equal vision”.

HH Radhanath swami maharaj is real acharya and he follows in exemplied manner.

Very inspiring, thank you for sharing this

Great realization !

Radhanath Swami is a mahatma – a saint who sees everyone with equal vision.

Radhanath Swami is truly personal. this shows that he practices what he preaches!

Thank you so much. You presented it so well. Radhanath Swami is a real saint, he has equal vision on all living entities. He is real learned man.

many thanks for sharing the qualities of Radhanath swami

Thanks

Radhanath Swami wins everyone’s heart with his humble nature.

Indeed, Radhanath Swami knows every individual living entity—as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, this is very much evident by his behavior and his longing to deliver them from this world.