I’ll speak something on Radhanath Swami’s ‘service consciousness’—that’s striking and charming.
In 1994, when I started to lean towards spirituality, coincidentally Radhanath Swami started to frequent London. I remember. During this visit, someone had put up a notice at the Soho Street Temple asking for a volunteer to drive Radhanath Swami to different places. My heart already impacted by just two discourses I’d recently heard from this ‘new and lovely’ Swami, I happily volunteered. On the last day of his visit, as Radhanath Swami drove in my car to the Heathrow Airport, I felt an impulse to share my deepest feelings. From behind the wheels I said, “I feel you are my spiritual guru.” Before my eyes blinked came the reply, “I feel I am your servant.”
In 1999 I formally accepted Radhanath Swami my spiritual guru. With passing years, my spiritual life grew stronger—especially as my family life grew miserable. Sometime in 2001 during a chat I disclosed to Radhanath Swami how I flinched even as I remembered the cutting criticisms of my mother-in law. To my surprise, his body shook in laughter and he said, “She did a great service.”
–Gavin Alexander
194 replies on “Radhanath Swami’s Service Consciousness”
Radhanath Swami’s wit and realizations are in interplay…..
Great personalities tend to be unpredictable. But underlying the unpredictability is the predictable nature of their consciousness. They are always immersed in thinking about the Lord.
HH Radhanath Swami is very humble and loving personality
Thank you for sharing.
So nice!
Swamiji exemplifies his teaching of being the servant and not the master….Thanks for sharing
thanks very much for sharing…Hari Bol
Thank you very much for sharing. Pure devotees like Radhanath Swami sees everything in relation to Krishna
nice one…tjank u prabhu for sharing this wonderful episode of maharajs display of his pure consciousness.
Amazin…thx for sharing.
Thank you very much for sharing this. H.H Radhanath Swami exemplifies his teaching of being the servant and not the master.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s positive attitude transforms any situation into a favourable one!
Often in his lectures Maharaj quotes Srila Prabupad in Srimad Bhagavatam that when Lord Krishna wants to show us His special mercy He takes away everything.
This story shows how Lord Krishna orchestrates everything to bring His loved ones back to Him
Jai! Thanks for sharing
Radhanath Swami is always in the mood of “servant of the servant”.
Radhanath Swami acknowledged as he see Lord Krishna’s hand in every thing that is happening around him.Thank you very much for sharing with us.
an interesting story of Radhanath Swami’s humility and wit at the same time. thanks!!!
Radhanth swami can see everything in everyone’s life as God’s arrangement out of his love.
All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
A very wonderful experience. How Maharaj can find humor in the most difficult of experiences and make the mood lighter is something very special with Maharaj.
Hare Krishna
When Radhanath Swami speaks about serving selflessly, his words enter our heart. Because he is service attitude personified.
Maharaj always is in the mood of servant. and always want his disciples in that mood
radhanath swami is very humouros
radhanath swami’s humor is amazing
Radhanath Swami’s service mood coupled with his deep sense of humour is really amazing.
Maharaj not only has a service attitude, but a great sense of humor!
Thanks you Prabhu.
Great Post
Thank you very much for sharing your experience.
Radhanath Swami ki Jai !!
Gurudev is in pure consciousness all the time.
Thanks to share this wonderful incident !!!
HH Radhanath Swami’s service attitude is unparalleled and he is also so witty.
Hare Krsna! Maharaj sees things always from a totally different perspective!!! He is really a spiritual Personality from the Spiritual World!!!!
Trust Radhanath Swami to turn a serious situation into a lighter moment.Yet there is always a lesson in his quips.
Thank you for sharing.
Recently we heard about the demise of Raghu Pillai Executive Director future Group who was only 54. Unfortunately this is the 3rd incident earlier Ranjan Das MD SAP. Its a rat race which has taken people away from Simple living high thinking philosophy. People have made their lives complicated. Radhanath Swami is showing us the direction how we could be saved in this material world by taking shelter of the Holy Name. THis is real treasure its unfortunate people are not realizing the value of the treasure we have in India. We are running like blind men after western civilization.
very inspiring
Thank you for sharing.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s reply reveals his great sense of humor & more importantly a genuine service attitude!
thank you for sharing this.
thank you
Hare Krishna. Thank you
How instantly Maharaj replied that he is a servantwhen he heard that the devotee accept him as his Guru? This is because at heart he really feels himself to be a servant of servant. Thank you for sharing.
Radhanath Maharaj is always immersed in service attitude. Even Gavin’s mother in law’s reaction was a service rendered as told by Maharaj…
common men like me feel really inspired by reading such articles on great souls like radhnath swami
thank you for sharing
thanks for sharing.
Radhanath Swami is having great service attitude.
wonderful.
Wow! What a wonderful service mood maharaj has, though situated in such high elevated state. Radhanath swami ki Jai!
Maharaj is not an ordinary person to have such high consciousness and still remain humble at all times.
This is a wonderful quality of Radhanath Swami – to see one as instrument in bringing somebody closer to God.
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj could see from the transcendental vision that how the insults are a fortune for a devotee.