Tag: Bhagavad Gita
What is the Purpose of Temples?

Question to Radhanath Swami: What is the purpose of temples?
Radhanath Swami Answers: A temple is a place where people are in a selfless spirit of compassion and love, and are truly worshipping God and surrendering their hearts to him. A temple is a place that transforms your life, by illuminating you and bringing you to higher states of consciousness and higher states of living.
What is the True Spirit of Renunciation?

Question to Radhanath Swami: Beautiful. I’d like to ask you about the true spirit of renunciation because it’s something a lot of us don’t understand. We think of it as just giving up things but there’s a richer side of renunciation that gives one things we can’t get from the world.
Radhanath Swami Answers: True renunciation is not becoming a monk or swami, living homeless and sleeping on the floor.
There are many gods in India. Why you worship Krishna?

Question to Radhanath Swami: We know that there are many Gods in India, but why do you worship Krishna?
Answer by Radhanath Swami: In the Bhagavad-Gita, there is a beautiful verse:
Can’t find positive association? Radhanath Swami helps you out…

Question to Radhanath Swami: It is said we should seek out the association of people with positive attitude so that we can also develop a positive attitude. Sometimes it is very hard to find such positive association. What do we do in that situation? How do we develop our positive attitude?
Radhanath Swami Answers: Jesus said, “Seek and you shall find.” And even if you can’t find that association, you can get it in positive books, and you can get it in positive tapes (recordings of spiritual discourses).
How to be spiritual even in Office? Radhanath Swami Answers

Question to Radhanath Swami: How can one be in the state of blissful spiritual consciousness in the office?
Radhanath Swami Answers: If you are actually in the state of God Consciousness, you will be in that state anywhere. We need to have a good spiritual foundation for…