Radhanath Swami - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

In 1970, at the age of only nineteen, Radhanath Swami left his home in America seeking adventure and spiritual knowledge. After trekking across Europe for months, he reached his long hoped for destination: India. After living there for many years as a sadhu or wandering monk, he returned to America in order to share the sacred knowledge and wisdom he had learned from the many holy men and women he had met there. It was an extraordinary choice, given what he had survived to get there: a journey filled with bizarre characters, mystical experiences, and dangerous adventures. The story is recounted in his recently published memoir The Journey Home (San Rafael, CA: Mandala Publishing, 2009). Reviewers have called Radhanath's saga "at once an engaging yarn, a love story, and the evocation of a transcendent paradise in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor."

Radhanath Swami emerged from his years of travel wanting to explain for others the beauty and rewards of a life devoted to God, and therein lay a dilemma. His many followers and friends describe him as completely selfless and consequently unwilling to take credit for his work, and restless when a spotlight is focused on him. By choosing as his guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), the spiritual leader who compassionately spread the wisdom and culture of bhakti all over the world, Radhanath Swami cast his fate to the wind, cut his matted locks, and entered back into society.

More than a symbolic gesture, these were first steps toward an active, engaged form of devotion. This contemporary strain of the Bhakti or devotional yoga tradition maintains that people who become aware of their spiritual identity share an imperative to reduce suffering in the world—a truth slowly revealed to him in the years prior to his formal initiation by other famous spiritual teachers he had met including the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Ananda Mayi Ma, Swami Satcidananda, and many more who make their appearances in The Journey Home.

In spite of his constant global travels over many years, Radhanath Swami established his spiritual headquarters at Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty years he has guided the community development and has initiated a number of acclaimed social action programs including Midday Meal, which feeds more than 260,000 plates of nutritious vegetarian food to indigent children daily; missionary hospitals and eye camps; eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams; and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India.

"He sees life as a continuous blessing of God's grace," one follower says, "and yet he never loses his humanness. His accessibility leaves people feeling that, with a little sincere effort, they too will find the path to inner peace and God realization.

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Interview recorded 6/6/2011

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[OMTATSAAT]

Truthfully, anyone blaspheming this great soul is beyond ignorant, Ive known Radhanath Swami for over a decade now and his character is pure and spotless, he is the most intelligent swan like divine and empowered human being ive ever met, and he saved my life...these allegations are not true at all.

[UrbanWarriorNinja]

@anitkabre The truth is there for you to find if you want to know it. Do your research on Radanath and the ISKCON "Gurus". They are all conected with homosexual activities, paedophilla, sexual abuse, stealing, and murder, including the murder of HDG Srila Prabhupada, and many other genuine devotees who were brave enough to speak out about the truth, including Sulochana Das who exposed their demonic activites in his book "The guru business" before he was murdered by radanath and others

[haribol18]

May all those people blinded by envy of Radhanatha Swami Maharaja become hunted by ghosts for their words of critisism. It is obvious that they are not fulfilled in their spiritual life, therefore they, just like flies, are trying to find satisfaction in blaspheming others.

[anitkabre]

@UrbanWarriorNinja where is any proof for any of this?

[lotoneroblu]

Yes the man above, presenting himself as an humble godly man, actually Is a pedo guru abuser.

I love all the interview u are shareing with the universe, but this one hurts. Those who really know this man, knows He killed along with others srila Prabhupada. It is not just a story but it is a fact! He is evil and corrupted by an huge power and control over property and disciples. He and the other (rascals) totally changed srila prabhupada books and destroyed the movement from within. Illuminati!

[UrbanWarriorNinja]

Srila Prabhupada Sril Ishopanishad purport:

“By a false display of religious sentiments, they present a show of devotional service while indulging in all sorts of immoral activities. In this way they pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. Such violators of religious principles have no respect for the authoritative Acaryas, the holy teachers in the strict disciplic succession…

[UrbanWarriorNinja]

Radanath "Swami" is a kali yuga demon responsible for the murders of other devotees and numerous abominable acts.

Read "the guru business" by sulochana das for the truth.....

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, but I cant stand innocent devotees being fooled by this false self appointed guru. It may come as a shock to you as it did to me, but these people running ISKCON at the top level are all maha demons who posioned Srila Prabhupada and have claimed his glory for themselves

[RadhaShyamaDasi108]

Amazing! This is very nice. Thank you for sharing!

[NitaiGaurHariBol108]

Hare Krishna !!!