Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Need for a vegetarian diet

’Radhanath Swami explains that we can tell a person’s consciousness by what they eat and how they eat… Non-vegetarianism indirectly contributes heavily to greenhouse gases and other pollution… Best food, Radhanath Swami says is a vegetarian food cooked and offered with love and devotion to God; that makes it free of all bad karma.

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – One man’s food is another’s poison

Richard (Now Radhanath Swami) realized ‘one man’s food is another man’s poison.’ Radhanath Swami writes that the world is so relative; what is enjoyed by one person creates suffering for another. Radhanath Swami has beautifully elucidated the relative nature of this world in his teachings.

Radhanath Swami Fan blog – American by birth, Indian at heart

I am amazed how an American born (Radhanath Swami) has so much love and concern for this country. Radhanath Swami regrets that India is so much concerned with building better cars , better bombs and better technology when the west has already perfected that and are destroying the world with it. Radhanath Swami insists that India’s opulence is in its transcendental knowledge. “Indians are tossing aside the most valuable diamond of spirituality to pick up the broken pieces of glass of materialism.

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog: Lust – a deadly enemy

One of the biggest distractions in spiritual life is the ravaging lust that has the human society in its vicious grip. Quoting scriptures, Radhanath Swami compares lust to fire.To make tangible spiritual advancement, a seeker of God has to desire to get rid of this negativity from the heart.

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Learning lessons from Nature

Radhanath Swami says human life is a rare opportunity to learn from this world. We shouldn’t be simply thinking of eating, sleeping, sex life or defending ourselves, but rather seek to answer questions to the life’s deepest mysteries. There is no other species that has that power to ask who am I? What is the purpose of life? Where am I coming from? Where am I going? Who is God? What is my relationship with God? Why is there suffering? Is there something beyond?

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Different types of intoxication

Radhanath Swami’s talks on dangers of intoxication are profound. He says people have a great need to be intoxicated. If we are not spiritually intoxicated- a healthy and desirable state where a spiritualist constantly remembers God- we will be intoxicated materially….. People become intoxicated by pride, they become intoxicated by lust, and they become intoxicated with greed; that’s what gambling is about” reveals Radhanath Swami.

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Exemplifying Tolerance

Radhanath Swami writes that the lesson the mongoose taught would give him strength in the hard times that awaited him in his search for enlightenment… Since Radhanath Swami himself practices the highest standards of tolerance and patience, his realizations on this subject penetrate the heart deeply…

Radhanath Swami Fan blog – Going beyond the body

Radhanath Swami was bewildered as he grappled to answer the question, ‘Who am I?’… Radhanath Swami says on the basis of Vedic scriptures that the first and most fundamental knowledge that a disciple learns from his guru, spiritual master is, “You are not the body; you are a spirit soul.”… The soul, in order to satisfy his unfulfilled desires, leaves the material body at death and acquires a new material body.

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Love God, Love all

The immigration officials at Afghanistan offered Richard (now Radhanath Swami) a cordial welcome, quite different from the other border guards. At Herat Richard found the people friendly and charming… Humans are the same everywhere; the soul is potentially divine even in a terror torn country. Once the external façade is removed, we can discover the natural love and camaraderie that can bind all humans together.

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Seeing the essence amongst Shia Muslims

Since Richard was now exposed to the Shia sect of Islam, he dutifully learnt from Ibraham about the basic tenets of Islam. Richard was happy to discover that the basic teachings and essence of all religions were the same… The external designation is immaterial, says Radhanath Swami, “when the heart has love, God reciprocates, irrespective of the colour of your skin and the nature of your religion.”