How can one be happy regardless of external situations?
Featured Top, Nature — By RNS Online on September 15, 2010 at 10:18 am
Question to Radhanath Swami : How can one be happy regardless of external situations?
Radhanath Swami narrates from the Vedic Text, Srimad Bhagavatam
The Srimad Bhagavatam speaks of a great king named Yadu. Once when he was travelling through a forest he saw an Avdhut, a person who apparently was a social outcaste. He was laying in the forest like a python. From a material and from a social consideration, he was a failure. But Yadu, being a religious man, could see the person was bright faced and happy, more happy than anyone he had ever met. So he asked, “How is it that despite the poverty, you are so happy? Who is your guru? Where did you learn this from?” The answer spans over several chapters in the Srimad Bhagavatam.
He replied, “ My dear king , I am completely satisfied with whatever I have , with whatever I am , and with whatever is happening around me. Why? Wherever I look, I see God teaching me.” When we look at the things of this world in terms of our own selfish enjoyment, it’s only enjoyment that we can see. But if we have no selfish ego, we can always hear a message of God from everything in this world.
The Avadhut continued, “I have learned from 24 gurus who have instructed me.” There are different types of gurus . One guru is the guru who introduces us to the spiritual path, another type of guru is the diksha guru, who gives us initiation into mantra, and another guru is siksha guru , whose words and example is inspiring and enlightening our lives . So the Avadhut said that he had many siksha gurus.
What can we learn from the earth? (Radhanath Swami continues…)
The Avadhut said, “One of my gurus is the earth. I have learned from the earth the spirit of selfless service. Even though mother earth is harassed and plundered by so many people, she continues to serve. Greedy people are drilling oil from the earth, they are polluting the earth, they are soaking the earth with the blood of innocent animals, they are soaking the earth with the blood of military soldiers, and they are cutting the lush forests and making them into wastelands to make money from wood, to grow tobacco, or to grow grains for alcohol. Although subjected to untold abuse and harassment, our mother earth continues to provide all necessities for all living beings. I learned this spirit of selfless service from her.
What can we Learn from the mountains and trees?(Radhanath Swami Continues)
He said that he learnt the same principle of selfless service from the mountain. The mountain carries a huge burden, but with everything on the mountain, it is simply providing for the happiness of others: the flora and the fauna on it. And he also learned that principle from the trees. How many times do you see the earth? How many times do you see trees? Do you ever learn something? But every time he sees a tree, he is enlightened, he is illuminated.
Let us examine the tolerance and the charity of a tree. The tree is standing in the burning sun to give us shade. And the same tree is standing in freezing ice cold to give us wood that we can burn to keep ourselves warm. The tree is giving flowers and fruits. And it never complains.
What can we learn from the sun? (Radhanath Swami continues)
The Avadhut learnt the same spirit of selfless service from the sun. The sun evaporates water, and what does it do with the water? It creates rain and gives the water back to the earth. Sea water is useless for many of our purposes. The sun will evaporate that sea water and make it into pure rain water. Here in Mumbai, we live near the sea. But what happens if there is no good monsoon? There is unlimited quantity of water just two blocks away from here, at Chowpatty beach. But yet, everyday when the Bombay water department turns on water supply for a couple of hours, everybody is turning on their tanks and filling it up. Why? Because sea water is useless for all practical purposes. And if some year there is insufficient monsoons, there is very big cry of concern, “How will we survive? How will we wash? How will we drink? How will we cook?” So, can’t we appreciate the benediction of the Sun? The Sun is just taking that sea water, making it into something wonderful, and giving it back to society. Similarly a saintly person, whatever they learn they use it for the welfare of others. There is a saying, “One who has knowledge but does not enlighten others with that knowledge is like a lamp covered by a pot.”What is its use? Not just knowledge, but also skills, talents, and wealth; whatever we acquire, we want to give back for the welfare of others.
What can we learn from the fire? (Radhanath Swami continues)
The Avadhut made several wonderful observations. This first was that the flame of the fire looks like steady, but in reality it’s constantly appearing and disappearing. A flame only lasts a second and then it’s gone. It keeps regenerating as long as there’s fuel. Yet, it looks constant. Similarly, our bodies and the world around us, everything looks as though they have some constancy. But factually, the powerful waves of the river of time are creating change at every moment, imperceptibly. You’re all getting old. You may not see it, but it’s happening. The whole world is temporary, nothing will last, but we see it as constant. Whatever looks like it has permanence is actually very transient. The only thing that is permanent is the eternality of the soul.
The Avadhut also learned a very valuable saintly quality from fire. Whatever things you put in fire is consumed. It doesn’t disturb the fire. Similar is the nature of humility of a saintly person. Because his/ her heart is within the fire of devotion, if you give him/her praise, it will not be disturbed. A saintly person understands that everything is the property of GOD, so whatever praise comes belongs to Him. And even if you give gifts to a saintly person, he/she will not become egoistic or attached. A saintly person will understand it’s the property of Lord and will use it for the purpose of the Lord, for the purpose of others. In this way, a saint never becomes implicated, complicated, or put in a condition of bondage because of the fire of humility within the heart.
What can we learn from Water? (Radhanath Swami continues…)
When water is pure, it sounds very sweet when it flows. Similarly, a saintly person is a person who speaks and behaves in a way that is very pleasing to the hearts of others. And just as water purifies, the saintly person’s acts and words purify us.
In association with pure water that is transparent, our body becomes clean; in association with a saintly person, our heart becomes clean. Why? Because they transparently reveal the love of God that is within their hearts.
What can we learn from the wind and the sky? (Radhanath Swami continues…)
The Avadhut learned detachment from the wind and the sky. The wind sometimes blows over a field of roses and carries sweet fragrance. It sometimes flows over a water fall and carries very refreshing mist of cooling, soothing waters. It sometimes flows over a sewage pit and carries the disgusting stench of human excrements. But in all cases, the wind remains the same. It is unaffected, and is neutral. Similarly, a person whose mind is fixed in God, even after passing through so many auspicious and inauspicious situations in life, is always fixed in his/her purpose. Our Guru Maharaj , Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, was living in holy Vrindavan. But for the sake of uplifting humanity, he left Vrindavan. He came to Bombay, a place of greed and egoistic competition. Then he went on Jaladuta, a cargo ship, to America. He had no money. So in New York City he lived in a ghetto in the bowery, in the neighborhood of prostitutes, drunkards, drug addicts, and criminals. Still, whether in Vrindavan, Bombay or New York, he was the same. He was a kind well wishing gentleman in all situations. He was simply trying to give God’s love to others. He was unaffected by the contamination around.
Later on, when his movement began to grow, people were offering him huge beautiful mansions. George Harrison of the Beatles bought a beautiful mansion in a suburb of London, and he named it Bhaktivedanta Manor. In Manhattan, on a skyscraper on 55th street, he was given an entire floor. But it didn’t matter for Srila Prabhupada whether he was living in a little hut in Vrndavan, whether he was on the cargo ship Jaladuta, whether he was living in the Bowery , or whether he was living in mansions. A saintly person is unaffected by the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness around. When one chants the names of the Lord, when one has faith in the names of the Lord, every situation becomes auspicious because of that consciousness.
As we pass through life, we come across unexpected experiences: crisis , disasters, failures, successes, honor, dishonor, pleasure, pain, happiness , distress, health , disease , birth , and death . This is a world of dualities, you cannot avoid dualities. But a great soul, like the wind, passes through all circumstances of life, his/her mind fixed on the remembrance of the Lord. There is a verse in the Padma Purana that says, “Whether purified or unpurified, or even having passed through every type of situation in life, one who just remembers the beautiful lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead is purified within and without.”
The Avadhut learned the same principle from the sky. Everything is within the sky, but the sky remains neutral. Sometimes it’s a nice sunny day, sometimes there are clouds in the sky, and sometimes there are cyclones blowing under the sky. Whatever is coming and going, the sky remains neutral. Similarly, we are eternal souls, and the more we realize our souls, the more we realize our eternal unchanging nature. The more we live by our nature of service to God and service to all others, the more we can remain stable, whatever passes through our life. Whether cyclones come or sunny days, knowing that they are all transient, we can take shelter of what is permanent.
What can we learn from the moon? (Radhanath Swami Continues)
The moon is always waxing and waning. From our perception, there is a big difference between Poornima(full moon) and Amavasya(no moon). One is illuminating the sky and the other is dark.
Now, the more you live in a natural situation, the more you are sensitive to all these things. I remember in the 1970’s. I was living on a mountain and every night at nine o’ clock I had to walk down this mountain. There was no road, the ground was muddy in the summer and icy in the winter. I had to walk 3 Kms down and then at 2:30 in the morning I had to walk 3 kms up. I never saw that road in the light of day, and it was a really secluded forest. When there was a full moon I could practically dance down that mountain, but when there was a no moon it was so dark. I never had a torch or flashlight. I remember once walking right into a tree. Another time I walked off the road and rolled down the mountain. It took me about 3 minutes of rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, and rolling, until I bounced off a few trees and landed in a creek of water. It was so dark, and I couldn’t find my way up.
So on the moonlit night everything was very, very illuminated , but no-moon nights were very dark. But that’s only our perception. The moon is completely detached, it is the same, and it doesn’t change. The moon affects the whole world, but the waxing and the waning of the moon do not affect the moon. So what do we learn from this?
There are six transformations of life: we are born, we grow, we sustain for sometime, we may produce some offspring, gradually the body dwindles, and ultimately the body dies. But the soul is eternal and real. You, the atma, is completely unaffected by all these transformations. Bhagavad Gita says what death for the soul is: it’s just changing clothes. But when the soul is forgetful of its eternal identity and identifies with this waxing and waning phenomenon of the body, there are so many anxieties.
What can we learn from the ocean? (Radhanath Swami continues…)
During the rainy season large volumes of water flow into the ocean, and during the summer season all those rivers dry up, and nothing flows into the ocean. But is the ocean bigger in the rainy season and smaller in the summer season? Not at all. A saintly person is like the ocean; so many desires, so many sensual experiences flow into his/her mind through the senses, but he/she is unaffected.
Because of the ocean’s depth, because of the ocean’s volume, it is simply unaffected by all the rivers that flow into it. Similarly, when a person has deep knowledge and realizations, when a person is experiencing the joy of spiritual love, all the dualities—pleasures and pains, honors and dishonors, successes and failures—do not affect him/her. They understand them and they deal with them, but because of the depth of internal experience, they are unaffected. The soul is sat cit ananda, it is eternal, full of knowledge, and full of bliss. Then, why we’re not blissful? Because we are looking for bliss everywhere else except where it really is. Gita says that one who is illuminated within, one who rejoices within, that is a person of real intelligence. In the Bible, Lord Jesus Christ says the same thing, “Make your treasure, not in this world, but in the kingdom of God.” And that kingdom of God is within us.
So this is the quality of the ocean: so deep, so wide, nothing can affect it. That same oceanic experience of happiness and love is within us and to connect to it is the meaning of religion, the meaning of yoga.
What can we learn from the moth? (Radhanath Swami continues…)
The moth is mad to enjoy fire. If you have a candle inside a closed window pane in the darkness of the night, the moth will be phunk..phuk.. just flying with all of its strength, trying to break through the window to get to that fire. Its eyes, its sense of sight is so powerful! Ultimately, with great effort it reaches its destination, it enters fire, and it is burned to ashes. This is the nature of the senses. Any one of the senses, if they are not properly directed, can ruin a person’s life.
What can we learn from the bee? (Radhanath Swami Continues…)
The moth is destroyed due to its addiction to the sense of sight and the bee is very much attached to smelling fragrant things. Sometimes a bee goes into a flower and smells and smells. It just doesn’t want to leave it. It smells, smells, smells, smells, and then the sun sets. The flower closes and the bee is imprisoned, trapped, and sometimes it dies. It’s victimized by the sense of smell.
What can we learn from the elephant? (Radhanath Swami continues)
In the olden days, before they had guns to put elephants to sleep, do you know the way they would catch elephants? Elephants are very attached to touching. So if you want to catch a female elephant, you use a male elephant. And if you want to catch a male elephant, you use a female elephant. You dig a big ditch and cover it with straw. A trained elephant rubs against the elephant of the opposite gender which is to be captured. When the other elephant starts following, it is pushed into the well by the trained elephant. So by the sense of touch, the elephant is captured.
What can we learn from the deer?(Radhanath Swami continues…)
The deer is very attracted to hear sweet sounds. That’s why they have such big, beautiful ears. They love to hear sweet music. When a hunter wants to catch the deer, he plays a flute and the deer hears the flute and comes to that place. Then it is trapped in the net.
What can we learn from the fish?(Radhanath Swami continues)
What is the weakness of a fish? Very strong desire to taste. The fisherman, knowing that, puts the bait, some very nice food, on a hook. If a fisherman wants to catch a fish, he puts the best possible food that the fish likes on a hook and the fish doesn’t see the hook. It just sees the food and he starts swimming towards it. And there may be some other fish that says, “Don’t eat, don’t eat. There is a hook in it.” But the fish won’t listen. “What nonsense you’re speaking?! It tastes good.” He eats it. The fisherman knows that if he starts reeling it now, the bait will just pop out of his mouth. So the fisherman just lets it eat and eat and eat and chew it and chew it and chew it and swallow it and swallow it and swallow it, until the hook is deep down inside the fish’s stomach. Then he pulls it out, and there’s nothing the fish could do. It’s destroyed by its own attraction to the taste.
How do we properly use the senses? Radhanath Swami Answers
We understand that we have these five senses and all the five senses are looking for pleasure. But what the Avaduth learned was that we have to use our senses to elevate ourselves, and not degrade ourselves. The same mind and senses can either elevate us or degrade us; it just depends on the type of pleasure we are looking for. You could look at the beautiful form of the deity and remember God, or you can use your sense of sight to look at obscene things that simply contaminate you and pollute you. Similar is the case with the other senses. We can eat nice Prasad, sanctified food, and be elevated and purified. Or we can eat forbidden foods that have very serious karmic consequences, and be degraded by that. Similarly we could listen to songs that aggravate our material desires to enjoy. Or we can hear kirtan and enjoy, enjoyment that purifies and elevates us, and gives us a higher experience.
We can indulge in mundane gossip that wastes our time, or we can gossip about God! Gossip is very popular, and it’s very difficult to overcome unless you have something higher. People make grand arrangements to fly thousands of miles to some meeting where they just gossip; they just talk about this person did this, and this person involved in this scandal, and this person had done like that, and this person is crazy, and this person is a cheater etc. It just wastes our time, but people enjoy it. Why not gossip about God, i.e. hear and chant the glories of God? That will elevate people’s consciousness, and will give greater, deeper pleasure. The sense of smell can be used to smell the incense and flowers that are offered to the Lord.
So spirituality does not deny the senses and the mind. It purifies them by using them for the highest, sweetest, and most enlightening purposes.
What can we learn from the honeybee and the fly? (Radhanath Swami continues…)
The honey bee takes the nectar from every flower and it’s not concerned with everything else. Similarly, a saintly person is always eager to see the good qualities in other people, always looking for the spiritual potential in others. Now the fly. Suppose there is a beautiful garden, but one rat enters there and passes excrement. Then, a fly enters the garden. What will give joy to the fly? The fly will think nothing of all the thousands of fragrant flowers and will go right to the stool and enjoy sucking it. So a person who has very materialistic mentality is eager to find faults in others like a fly, and a person who has proper spiritual consciousness is always looking for good qualities like a honeybee. If we want to elevate our consciousness, we must follow the honey bee and not the fly.
There is something else we can learn from the honey bee. The honey bee always searches the essence of nectar, and a sincere saintly person is looking for the essence of the scriptures, for the essence of religion, for the essence of the spiritual path. What is that essence? The essence is the way to purify the heart, to love God, and to love all living beings. In both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the bible, the first and great commandment is to love God with all your heart, your entire mind and all your soul. Krishna tells in Gita, “Abandon all varieties of religion and surrender to me.” When we awaken our love for God that is dormant within us, we realize the oceanic love of God for us. And when one loves God, one becomes universally compassionate to every living being.
But there’s also another lesson we could learn. A honey bee just takes the pollen nectar from the flower; it doesn’t pick up the whole tree, it doesn’t pick up the whole forest. Unlike the honeybee there are people who, in the name of religion, are so much attached to dogma, to vain empty rituals. Sometimes they become very much attached to massive philosophical speculations and become proud of all the knowledge they have. Instead, they should become humble and gentle. The essence of every religion is supposed to make you humble, gentle, lover of God and all living beings. A person who loves God cannot hate anyone.
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Some of the most elevated subject matters and realizations I have come across. This demonstrates the level of purity and knowledge of Radhanath Swami.
SO nicely answered by Radhanath swami
H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj has nicely explained how to realise God from day to day observations that we constantly come across. Thank you Maharaj for explaining in such a simple way. I pray that I will develop this consciuosness with your mercy.
A person who loves God cannot hate anyone. SIMPLY FANTASTIC…
Such wonderful lessons to learn from nature. Only a saintly person like Radhanath Swami can reveal it.
great realization by HH Radhanath swami!
This is one of most profound spiritual article I have come across..
Wonderful collection of various teachings which Radhanath Swami has quoted on from 24 gurus.
Such interestion topics. You would like to read more and more !
beautifulanalog by radhanath swami
Very beautiful reply……..
A very beautiful article
Thank you so much Radhanath Swamiji fro wonderful insights… Never heard before
amazing article
An awesome article with full of nector & learnings & teaches the lesson how to be grateful to everything.
The teaching of Radhanath Swami above encourages us to be very observant in a spirit of learning always.
Thanks for the teachings.
This is a brilliant & an intellectual spiritual perspective by Radhanath Swami about what we can learn about life from the elements of nature and the birds, insects & animals.
Maharaj PAMHO seek your blessings to be selfless even an iota of genuine selflessness would do..
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki Jai ho…
Wonderful Article.
Radhanath swami has shown that we learn different lessons from everything around us. .so much to learn.Thanks for nice insights.
We can learn such nice lessons from a pure hearted person like Radhanath Swami
Hiranyakashipu was looking to gratify his senses always therefore he was always in anxiety and never peaceful. Just one reversal, his little son defied his authority, and his mental temperament was completely lost. He became anxious to kill and when could succeed became fearful of Prahlad. But Avadhuta never looled for gratification so his senses and mind were completely under control and he had no anxiety.
Thank you sharing beautiful realizations
All Glories To.H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
Hare Krishna.
A Very Nice narration.
Hare Krishna
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki jai..
very nice answer by Radhanath Swami Maharaj. so whatever situations we are in, we have to do spirituality.
Thank you very much for making me see positively every situation in life and not to see from a selfish egoistic point of view
Very good answer by HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj, thank you very much Maharaj.
We can learn from every single aspect of our day to day life.. Thank you Radhanath Swami for the continuous enlightenment!
It is clear that by keeping our eyes, ears and most of all our hearts open, we can constantly learn.
Radhanath Swami has nicely described how devotees should be like the honey bee accepting only the good things from life and rejecting the unwanted things that take us away from advancing in spiritual life
Just by following Radhanath Swami’ teachings, we have so much to learn from him.
Coool!!!
Radhanath Swami Maharaj has imbibed the essence of teachings of all Gurus!
Good question and Answer.
Wow – so much to learn from everything around. Thank you so much Maharaj for this insightful article.
If we just take a few minutes from our intense rat race life and try to seek something higher, we immediately see there is so much to learn about our own selves,higher dimensions of life and that we cannot do it on our own. We need a Spiritual teacher…
Wonderful analogy by Radhanath Swami
Nice.
What a fascinating narration. What depth of perception, what clarity of thought. My heart is eager to hear more and more of such sublime wisdom. Hats off to Radhanath Swami for being the perfect messenger of truth.
Radhanath Swami, himself has also written in his autobiography – Journey Home — about his experiences, encounters and what he learnt from each of this.
This is simply brilliant…
Such a wonderful narration of the truth of life.
Simply amazing. Only one who sees teacher everywhere can write such nice explanations.
great , Mahraj has brought such nice understanding from the realizations of Avadhuta bhraman , hari bol
Hare Krishna. Thank you
nice question answering
An amazing answer
Long but worth reading
Nature can teach us so many wonderful things but we realize it only when spiritual personalities such as Radhanath Swami very mercifully reveal it to us.
very well explained.
whatever ups and down may come in our life ,we must learn to face them with patiently.Thanks for sharing.
Long .. but contains eternal sublime truth..
H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj has explained beautifully how to realise God by observing our sorroundings and day to day situations. Thank you Maharaj.
soo very beautifully explained..these are the small small things happening around us but we are so foolish that we can’t realise Krsna’s perfect creation..each and every creation of His has something to tell us and teach us..but we never realise it..so thanks a lot maharaj for such a beautiful explanation and for the wonderful enlightnment!!haribol..
Wonderful lecture that narrate how we can teach lesson from nature also. Thanks you
Simply outstanding piece of literature!
Radhanath Swami gives amazing analogy to things we see nature with his vast and deep reservoir of knowledge and realizations.
Radhanath Swami has explained us how we can learn from nature around us, We never see thnigs around us in such a broad prespective, This explaination will defintely help to improve our vision towards nature and life as well
thanks for sharing this
I really learnt a lot from this article. And this reminds me of Radhanath Swami’s book – The Journey Home – which is full of such wonderful insights.
Haribol! Nice lecture by Radhanath Swami on the 24 gurus…
Amazing analogies to make us realize the presence of god at every step.
All these analogies bring one to his senses. Thank you.
Simply Wonderful.
Thank you Radhanath Swami maharaj
This answer is simply amazing and enlightening.
Thankyou Radhanath Swami for this really nice reply to the question on how to lawys remain Happy in this world. I will try and engrave it in my life.
This is something that i would love to remember evertday of my life through all the thicks and thins and ups and downs of life. Thankyou Radhanath Swami for your wonderful words of wisdom.
Amazing explanations by Radhanath swami on how we can learn lessons from nature
Wherever I look, I see God teaching me.” When we look at the things of this world in terms of our own selfish enjoyment, it’s only enjoyment that we can see. But if we have no selfish ego, we can always hear a message of God from everything in this world.
This is very nice understanding to be unaffectd by our externals
Wonderful explanation by Radhanath Swami on how to learn from each and every thing that we see around. If we read the book “Journey Home”, we can see that Richard(Radhanath Swami) always tried to learn some lessons from every incident that took place in life
Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki Jai!!!!
If we want to learn, GOD is constantly teaching us with all that we are surrounded with… the million dollar question is: Are we eager to learn?
Wonderfully explained, amazing.
Thank you maharaj fro such a wonderful article.
Radhanath Swami’s adventures are extraordinary. Walking up and down a mountain 3kms at unearthly hours and on a newmoon day, without torch, dashing against a tree…. such experiences would have turned a lesser mortal away from God!
Despite his exalted position gained through his wonderful persistance against all obstacles and goodwill to all, he remains disarmingly simple and humble, accessible to all.
One wonders such a person exists in this dark age of selfishness.
Thank you Radhanath swami maharaj, for nice explanations,how we get captured———
It’s very amazing part of Srimad Bhagavatam. I love it.
so nice diffrent lessons from different objects.Thanks to Radhanath swami
Amazing lessons… very beautifully presented.
long but must read to learn your lessons of spiritual life
perfect answer by radhanath swami
Great teachings are revealed here by Radhanath swami.
Such a beautiful teachings from Bhagvatam explained by Radhanath Swami… Thank you very much Sir.
Radhanath Swami’s scriptural explanation of being happy in this material world is quite amazing and inspiring as well.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for the same !!
wonderful realizations,
Usuaully there is a feeling if i have more money i will be secure and happy but thats so untrue happiness is not related to how much wealth you accumulate
very nice article
A complete and detailed understandings of the spiritual subject.Very effective in explaining ever wandering mind to take little stop and take review of what is being said by Radhanath Swamiji.
Thank You Radhanath Maharaj. It was very amazing to understand that same senses can either elevate us or degrade us.
Amazing story
Very Instructive Story. All glories to Radhanath Swami Maharaj. He also actually like that Avadhut.
Nice reply….
All Glories to HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj. Very instructive lessons which we can practically apply in our lives. We can learn so many things just by observing things around us. Krsna is trying to teach us at every moment. We just need exhaulted devotees like Maharaj to translate what Krsna wants to say!!! Jai!
Wonderful explanation by HH Radhanath Swami. Very nice story of Avadhut. Radhanath Swami Maharaja’s hobby also getting interesting analogies from nature, he is also a perfect avadhut.
Amazing! Such simple yet profound lessons to be learn from the things around us.
very true
Such a complete understanding given by Radhanath Swami.
Externals are, after all, externals. Sprituality means to look inwards. An inward-focus would carry us over all the perceived miseries of this world. Radhanath Swami gives a brilliant explanation of this here.
We can learn so many wonderful lessons from nature.This has been beautifully described by Radhanath Swami.
This is a perfect answere by Radhanath swami maharaj.
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Radhanath swami maharaj is inspiring every one by his example and the results which he has given to the society.
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj is one the most beautiful soul, I have ever come across my life- all glories to Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare, Hare,Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare Hare.
Simply amazing!Maharaj describes each and every situation of Avdhut passing through each siksa Guru.Thankyou Maharaj for enlightening us.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for a wonderful reply!
wonderful explanation of how to realise God by observing so many things around us given by Radhanath Maharaj.
This is very inspiring. Thank you Radhanath Swami
Very instructive, practical and invaluable lessons from the life of avadhut brahman so beautifully explained by Radhanath Swami.It’s so obvious but we fail to see the naked truth due to the covering of illusion.
Super!!! So applicable to everyday life…helps us change the whole perspective of life. Thank you Maharaj.
Excellent instructions.
Thanks Maharaj for enlighten us.
The guru “open the darkened eyes and fills the heart with transcendental knowledge”. This is it! Amazing explanations and insights to the world of the Bhagavatam.
wonderful…so deep.
This is very inspiring i have read this several times and i always find new learning which helps me in life.
Yes we should serve like mother earth who tolerates everything and serves without any selfish motives. If every being will think like this then there will be true peace and happiness on this earth. So should be our devotional service whatever our external condition our devotional service should continue.
Yes we should serve like mother earth who tolerates everything and serves without any selfish motives. If every being will think like this then there will be true peace and happiness on this earth. So should be our devotional service whatever our external condition our devotional service
His Holiness Radhanath Maharaj’s wonderful lecture on the 24 gurus.
This is a very inspirational story long but worth reading
Thank you very much for sharing
Radhanath Swami is an example of walking scripture and this detailed answer is a proof of this. Thank you Radhanath Swami for the enlightened words.
Please let me take the dust of your lotus feet!
Very nice article. Thank you very much.
Very nice answer
Hari Bol!
Thank You very much for sharing.
Wonderful and profound explanation.
Actually above are high level philasophical topics (Vedanta sara) but Maharaj presented us in a simple and practical way understand, even kids can understand. Jnanam and vijnana sahitham.
Thank you so much Maharaj for such a wonderful explanation.
Very nice answer.Thank you so much Maharaj.
Great teachings from Mother earth!
Tolerance and service to all living entities!!
Kudos to Avadhuta!
Thank you Radhanath Swami for such an amazing presentation
Very inspiring
Amazing, so many comments.
Wonderfully answered by Maharaj.
Amazing article….
There is so much to learn from this one article. This is absolutely wonderful.
The words spelt in this article are very soothing to the troubled soul.
Wonderful article!! Great thoughts
very good article
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s excellent explanation of what we can learn from nature is mind-boggling. Thank you Maharaj for your wonderful insights and the way you have presented them.
Yes this shows the five element we are made up are having the quality of accepting good and avoiding bad things they come across. This five elements are our source through which we try to control the senses. So according to their basic qualities we should take good that is there in others and avoid that is bad.
Enlightening!!
Brilliant, profound and thought provoking answers by Maharaj.The message is highly enlightening.Thanks for sharing.All glories to HH Radhanath Swami.
This is one of my favorites Thank you Radhanath Swami
Thank You Radhanath maharaj!!
Radhanath Swami has explained his points well through examples
Such amazing examples are there in the old Vedic scriptures – thank you Radhanath Swami for sharing the wealth of Vedic knowledge with us.
Beautiful
Wonderful
Amazing interpretation by Radhanath Swami
The Srimad Bhagvatam narrates the history of a bramhana from Avanti who gained spiritual enlightenment from his surroundings. Radhanath Swami’s narrative is in the same vein.
amazing
Simply wonderful ! HH Radhanath Swami ki Jay !!
Awesome, Brilliant, Superb Article.
Interesting read. Food for thought
Wonderful article
Spirituality without mind and sense control does not endure.
Only through the words of Guru can one see & understand such things.
In one answer,
we are introduced to not less than 29gurus.
thank you very much Radahanath swamiji.
Nice article by Maharaj.
hearing from maharaj its really inspiring, i really feel inspired to read the Srimad bhagvatam after reading this story of avadhut brahman from maharaj, gurudev ki jai. Hare Krsna
Radhanath Swami’s explanation of vedic scriptures is superb. Thank you.
Its rare to find someone like Radhanath Swami
Beautiful thoughts !
Great wisdom shared by Radhanath Swami! Thanks.
Our deepest gratitude to all the great saints who have been carrying this great treasure of vedic wisdom…life is worth living where we learn such principles and transform our heart and lives
today’s education – from getting into nursery to the highest is just – money!money!money!
very insightful. thanks for sharing
very inspiring oneof my favorites
Radhanath Swami has explained very wonderfully the need to preserve our environment and be inspired by her selfless service attitude.
Very inspiring read..
amazing article.Thank you maharaj!
Very inspiring
Simply wonderful, no words to describe. My whole perspective towars life is changing after reading this
Amazing!
interesting article with wise words of HH Radhanath Swami and wonderful pictures!
THANK YOU FOR SHARING.WONDERFUL.
Very Nice Article by HH Radhanath Swami.. Thank you for sharing
Simply wonderful. Radhanath Swami gives us directions from the scriptures how to learn lessons from everything God has created.
Very Insightful answer!!!
so much to learn – and Radhanath Swami gives in such simple way – just wonderful
amazing presentation
Very pleasing and exciting to know so much about many gurus who can influence us.. thanks for sharing
just by developing this love of God in one’s heart, which is the ultimate necessity of each and every individual, one can become happy from within and without, irrespective of the place where he is staying
very descriptive and instructive answer by HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj.
This is so wonderful to keep in mind.
Hari Bol. Very nice and instructive lecture.
Amazing very logical analogy
A Sadhu tries to learn from every aspect of nature & sees Lord’s connection in it
Very wonderful and perfect answer.
Very nice and apt reply by Maharaj
Deep lessons from simple observations.
THankyou
wow, a school in every walk of life
So many lessons to learn from the nature and imbibe it as per Radhanath Swami’s explanation
Such an amazing article… Thanks for sharing
it’s the inner fulfillment of the soul, that if achieved once, can fully satisfy the soul, and then it’s impossible to make one unhappy, where is the question of how to become happy
so intense, power packed, thank you very much for sharing.
Shastra Chakshu!
Such a wonderful way of teaching shastras from the nature
Amazing thought which cab be initiated into our life to improve…
haribol
HARE KRISHNA
All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
A very elaborate and vivid description of the subject. If all of us are to take this seriously, it will actually make profound changes in each one of our lives.
Hare Krishna.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful question and the answer with 24 gurus from nature.
Deeply penetrating lessons.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for sharing such profound realizations !
What a fantastic answer! Mind blowing!
This article is an eye opener to the wisdom there is in the Vedas
very nice reply from maharaj.thank you.
Greatr answer by Radhanath Swami
All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
haribol.
Radhanath Swami Ki Jai
“Same senses can elevate us or degrade us” – Radhanath Swami
Astonishing, how much nature can teach us.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj Ki Jai
hari bol.
Wonderful answer by Maharaj.
HH Radhanath Swami has so intricately expounded on the teachings of various aspects of nature. This article has made a truly satisfying reading. The pictures are beautiful too.
Such a nice one Prabhu jee! especially the Earth one, so good.
So much to learn from simple and obvious things around us.
Only saints like Radhanath Swami can see and realise such WIsdom and explain in such simple words.
very nice article
Very wonderful article
Wonderful
Thanks for sharing. very nice article. Food for thought.
Amazing answer thank you.
SO GREAT, VERY HAPPY TO KNOW THE REAL FACT, SO THAT SOME THING ATLEAST A PERCENT I CAN FOLLOW FROM THIS.
Very deep thoughts. Thanks for sharing the thoughts Maharaj.
Thank you for sharing Radhanath Swami’s brilliant examples and analogies on this elevated subject matter.
Hare Krishna. Thanks for sharing
Very Nice article
H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj has given several examples by which we can learn. They are so practical and learning can be enormous. Thank you Maharaj.
I am eternally grateful to His Holiness Radhanath Swami, for actually bringing my mind into this devotional text of extremely interesting realizations.I love the teaching of selfless service from the earth and how the fire of humility burns within a devotee’s life those qere the lessons with more intense impact in my consciousness.Haribol oh most compassionate of leaders.
From your willing to be,servant
H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj has used easy to understand day to day examples for preaching profound philosophy. Thank you Maharaj for these wonderful teachings.
what an amazing lesson.
wonderful
Amazing .. if we are able to imbibe even a little of teachings of avadhuta brahmana we will remain blissfull all the time .. thank you very much maharaj for enlightening us ..
very interesting and great teaching. thanks a lot.
amazing learning from so many source by Radhanath Swami.
Thank you maharaj ji for telling the nice story of Avadhuta. there are so many things to learn from our surrounding but unless enlightended by saintly pepole, our materialistic mean fault finding tendency drives us to garbage only like the fly.Thanks a lot
Very well explained.Even the scriptures we can be fully peaceful when we understand our existence in relationship with the Lord.
Thank you Radhanath swami for revealing us all these Gurus found from the nature.
Its just mind blowing. So much we can learn from many things around us. !
Thank you for sharing
such a beautiful article… explained in detail.. thanks for sharing.
Amazing Realisations of Maharaj..
wonderfully explained… greatful heart is always a happy heart…..
A very inspiring article.. Thanks for sharing the deep realizations ….
Very beautiful…please bless me to serve in a way that makes you proud gurumaharaj
Wonderful insights by Radhanath Swami Maharaj!
Amazing realizations from nature!!
Beautiful……..
By habituated in living with modern amenities we with our dull head can never realize this.
Wonderful Explanation by Radhanath Swami
these lesson are great and i would like share with others. thank you very much maharaj
your servant
very gud article & very important lessons.
So beautifully explained to learn from each and every aspect of life….
Haribol!!!!!!
Wonderful article…
Super illustrations
The more I read this article, the more I learn for it. A new lesson always.
This is the quality of a great soul he sees everything in relationship with God. Radhanath Swami Maharaja is a true lover of God.
Very beautiful and inspiring learning..We get lots of situations that will either take us down or uplift our consciousness –the way we make our choices..
Wonderful explanation by HH Radhanath Swami of how we can learn from other living entities and dovetail our consciousness towards God. Thank you for sharing.
“Spirituality does not deny the senses and the mind. It purifies them by using them for the highest, sweetest, and most enlightening purposes.” A very nice explanation for understanding with several examples. Thank you very much Maharaj.