Radhanath Swami’s unconventional advice to us Bhaktivedanta Hospital leaders was, “Eat with the hospital staff in the same place where they eat, and the same food as they eat. Also, you should be seen mopping the floors and cleaning the toilets. The hospital staff will then be proud of their leaders.” While we discerned in it a brilliant management strategy, its application intrinsically required application of Radhanath Swami’s teachings: everyone is equal, as spirit souls, and it is humility, the bitter pill, that permits us to treat everyone equally.
We started, first with mopping. Every time we mopped, the mop felt like a scalpel that painfully operated on our hearts, wrenching off the tumor of ego. Nonetheless, we tolerated: it was all for the betterment of the work environment in the hospital, and of course, for our own spiritual welfare.
The next time we met Radhanath Swami, we reported, “We now mop the ground floor of the hospital.” Radhanath Swami replied, “What about the toilets?”
I got a message. Complacency is another tumor in the heart, but it’s invisible. It takes an expert spiritual surgeon like Radhanath Swami to wrench that off.
– Dr. Ajay Sankhe
154 replies on “Radhanath Swami’s Unconventional Advice”
Maharaj makes everyone to become humble.
What a surgery!!!
Glorious is HH Radhanath Swami and Glorious are his dedicated followers like you. Both are making the world a better place.
Thank you for sharing this!!!
We have heard and we have seen that to serve the suffering soul he has really really extended himself beyond the limits and when he says somthing like this to others .. they naturally want to give a try to follwo and get benifitted.
Maharaj says that if we want humility then we need to do menial service for krishna and his devotees
Radhnath Maharaj is true leader and helping us follow his foot steps.
Maharajah has amazing way of teaching humility.Congratulation to disciple like you all for following it. Maharajah is true well- wisher of everyone.
Radhanath Swami is expert in guiding and making good leaders.
I agree with other what they say.. Radhanath swami Maharaj is true guru and leader & we have to always take guidence from him
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Precise surgery
humility is the most essential principle to access love of GOD and spread it, that comes by sincerely flowing instructions of genuine spiritual leader.
i wish i can come to the level what our spiritual master expects because that is what required to go back to godhead.
this is the perfect example of teaching humility . Radhanath Swami makes no distinction between small or big, rich or poor he sees everyone on the same platform
Radhanath Swami Maharaj knows exactly what a person needs to remain humble. and accordingly he advices it to each and everyone.
appropriate advise
All Glories To H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
Truly said Prabhuji. How difficult does it becomes for us to put it into practice, but our sincere approach shall only go to help us in the long run.
Hare Krishna
Maharaj makes evryone to be humble and servants of krishna
Maharaj himself is an example.He makes no distinction.
Leadership pearls! Radhanath Swami walks his talk and teaches others to become a similar example. Amazing!
Radhanath Swami always stresses on the quality of humility. Unless we are humble we can not advance in spiritual path
Radhanath swami is personification of all good quality.We should have desire to fallow the footstep of such a loving master.He is great.Thank u swamiji.
Radhanath Swami always stresses on the quality of humility. Unless we are humble we can not advance in spiritual path
Great souls like Radhanath Swami are always teaching us to become humble in very practical mamnner.
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