Radhanath Swami’s narration on Bhishmashtami

  Bishmadeva’s whole life was immersing his consciousness in the will of Krishna, in the service of Krishna and always remembering Krishna; and here he is teaching us how to die. – Radhanath Swami Radhanath Swami elaborates on the inconceivable circumstances Bhishmadev had to go through For those of you …

Radhanath Swami speaks on Advaita Acharya

  He is called ‘Advaita’ because he is non-different from Lord Hari. And he is called ‘Acharya’ because he is the preceptor of pure, unalloyed devotional service, by his words, and by his example in life. – Radhanath Swami   Several of our authorized Vaishnava scriptures describe the tattva of …

Radhanath Swami Glorifies Uddharan Dutta Thakur

Uddharan Murti

  Among the associates of Nityananda Prabhu, the most prominent are the dwadasha gopas, the 12 cowherd-boy associates from GolokaVrindavan who were always in the company of Krishna and Balaram. Kavikaranapur in Gaura-ganodesha-diipika describes how the cowherd boy Subahu appeared as Uddharan Dutta Thakur. He appeared in the year of …

Radhanath Swami Glorifies Narahari Sarakar

Narahari Sarkar's residence at Srikhanda

The residence of Narahari Sarkar at Srikhanda

  Navadvip was the high seat of learning for the Holy Scriptures in all of India. In fact, Nisikanta Sanyal in his book ‘Sri Krishna Chaitanya’, he describes Navadvip in terms of India in 1930s. He said, “It was the Oxford of India for Vedic studies.”So Narahari Sarakar, living in …

Radhanath Swami on Dassera

Vijaya dashami

Today being Vijaya Dashmi or Dashera is a very special meditation as well as celebration. The great sages have established these festivals according to historical pastimes of the Lord and his devotees. Vijaya Dashmi is historical and symbolic simultaneously. Historically, it is actually on this day that the Supreme Personality …

Radhanath Swami glorifies Raghunath Das Goswami

“Even the great author Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami considers himself unable and practically speechless to explain the glories of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami.” – Radhanath Swami   Radhanath Swami describes the childhood and marriage of Raghunath Das Goswami Srila Raghunath Das Goswami was born in a village of the name …