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Radhanath Swami. He knows how to releave you.

In 2009 Radhanath Swami’s autobiography The Journey Home was published. Fascinated by the book, and convinced that it had the potential to add value to society, I brainstormed—how to spread awareness of the book? Though shy by nature, I decided to try in my own way.

I requested a friend, a very famous Radio Jockey, to have Radhanath Swami as a featured guest on his show. He felt it was an honor.  We fixed the date 3 August 2009 for the interview.

When August came closer I realized that the interview date lay amidst a cramped schedule: on 1st August Radhanath Swami was to arrive in Mumbai where thousands awaited his audience; on the 2nd was the Sunday Program at Radhagopinath temple where he was scheduled to discourse; and then on, he would be busy with the upcoming grand India Book Launch of The Journey Home that was to be held only days later. Thus 3rd August, the day fixed for the radio show—had got crushed in the middle.  I grew tense.  Pulling Radhanath Swami out of his busy schedule for the Radio Show was to cause him strain—and I hated to do that.

Perhaps he sensed my tension. And his soft heart raced for every opportunity to relieve me of that. On 2nd, I visited him with a proposal: was it okay if the RJ came to his room to interview him, rather than he having to go to the studio? After thinking for a while, he responded, “It will be better if you could liberate me from this place.”  Through that one line he liberated me from my thought that going to the studio caused him inconvenience. It was decided that we would stick to our schedule and drive to the studio the next day.

The next day as we rode, the car was heated up with discussions about the upcoming book launch. I was silent, while remorse lingered in my heart. He is already strained. Perhaps I should have rescheduled the show in a way that didn’t cause him extra strain. Out of the blue, Radhanath Swami quipped, “And towards the end of the book launch, Sankirtan shall perform solo dance with spotlights focused on him.” His body rocked in laughter, as everyone in the car joined him in the joke; all knew how shy I was. Seeing him laugh, I was elated. Thus in a moment, Radhanath Swami had the remorse in me ebb away.

–Sankirtan Das

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232 replies on “Radhanath Swami. He knows how to releave you.”

as usual he is the show stealer no matter what where and when ………………..all glories to him

These sweetly relieving exchanges by Maharaj are very refreshing for all of us. Thanks for sharing.

It is very difficult to access a vasnava who is very compassionate and paradfukha dukhi. All glores to HH Radhanatha Swam Maharaja.

A very sweet & humorous exchange by Srila Radhanath Swami. Thank you prabhu for sharing it !

Hare Krishna !

sadhus can see through externals and understand motivations in the heart…and if intentions are sincere… they sacrifice even personal comfort if needed to reciprocate selflessly…

That is really funny !! Radhanath Swami surely reads everybody’s mind and knows well how to take one out of his worries !!

All Glories to H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

How Maharaj can keep everybody’s concern in mind and put him to ease so easily is something which will ever be a mystery.

Hare Krishna.

It is very inspiring to see the love of Radhanath Swami for his disciples and the devotion of his disciples towards him.

Saintly persons are always in divine consciousness.The incident shows that Radhanath Swamiji is more concerned about serving humanity than thinking of his own conveniences and inconveniences.

Radhanath swami could sense thru anybody’s thought process and releave them from their dilemma…,

This experience sends strong message that Spiritual Master is always with his disciples as proved time and again by HH Radhanath Swami.

Swamiji has this amazing skill of reading people’s hearts & he relates with them in a way that soothes them…..

Many thanks for sharing this incident with Radhanath swami. It is a great fascination for anyone to see how Radhanath swami can make a person feel at home even in the most difficult situations.

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