I sat in the temple hall, facing the altar and chanting on my prayer beads. As streams of the faithful flowed in and out of the temple, Radhanath Swami stood in front of the altar, praying. After a while he walked up to me. “What do you think of the altar?”
“It’s beautiful,” I fumbled.
He walked back and stood in front of the altar. After a minute he again walked up to me. “What else do you think of this altar?”
“It’s….it’s……it’s beautiful.” I felt sorry about my inadequate description. Surely, he was thirsting for words that matched the joy he felt as he gazed upon his worshipable deities of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath on the altar.
Radhanath Swami walked back to the front of the altar, only to return after a minute or two. This time as he approached me, a twinkle adorned his eyes, and a contagious smile bloomed on his face—as if he had discovered a suitable description himself. He said, “According to me this altar is the most amazing thing in the fourteen planetary systems.”
—Venugopal Acharya
188 replies on “What do you think of this altar?”
Its true that a sadhu sees with spiritual eyes. In the spiritual world even the alter is a beautiful personality, service Their Lordships.
Premanjana churita….
wow. Thats a very appropriate statement!
Indeed, Sri Sri Radha Gopinath are Swamiji’s worshippable dieties. Thank you for posting this
It shows the love and affection of Radhanath Swami towards RadhaGopinath. Thank you for sharing this.
Amazing description of the altar!
Thank you very much for sharing this.
Thank you sharing these precious moments and experiences.
Amazing depth of love, not of this world!
Really amazing in 14 planetary systems of that there is no doubt. All glories to Radhanatha Swami.
That’s how pure devotees feel!! Amazing..
I hope one day , to feel to some extent as swamiji feels
It really is…..Thanks
that’s the vision of a pure devotee…..
We can not reach the depth of heart of devotees like Radhanath Swami.
Divya Drishti of a Guru…
Love of Radhanath Swami for Sri Sri Radha Gopinath cannot be measured in terms of words.
It’s so amazing the way self realized spiritual souls look at things that we so much take for granted!
Radhanth Swami Maharaj sees through scriptures (Sastra Chackshu), that’s why he could see the reality. Hope I will get that vision by the grace of God.
he have spiritual vision
Only Radhanath Swami can describe the beauty of the Shri Shri Radha Gopinath alter.
Very true!!
Great personalities like Swamiji have transcendental vision……
jai, thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing this simple and sublime vision of Radhanath Swami!
HARIBOL!!!
Sadhu has a spiritual vision. So wonderful is the association of a saintly person
The Personality of Godhead is giving a chance to associate with him directly… No more mercy than this…!! hare krishna..
Thank you Maharaj for teaching us our great fortune by having the greatest thing in 14 world available to us
In Radhanath swami’s association we can appreciate the beauty of the Lord and his creation.
It’s really very wonderful. All glories to Radhanath Swami Maharaj!!!!!!
very nice
Really Radhanath swami sees the deities non different from the Lord.
such a deep love towards Sri Sri Radha Gopinath
WOW…. what an amazing pasttime ..Thanks for sharing.. I will always rememeber this when i stand before Sri Sri Radha Gopinathji
Those who have seen the altar will surely agree with Radhanath swami.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful happenings from the life of Radhanath Swami.
Very nice experience with Maharaj. Thanks a lot for sharing with us.
Hari Bol
Wow…what a statement!
We should learn to see things as H.H. Radhanath Maharaj sees. Thank you very much for sharing.
An amazing episode! Thank you for sharing.
Vision of a pure devotee
A pure devotee of the Lord has transcendental vision. As such what appears to be just idols for normal beings, a pure devotee can see the Lord face to face awaiting reciprocating pastimes with his unalloyed devotees.
Radhanath Swami has spontaneous attraction for Sri Sri Radha Gopinath!
Maharaj has got the premanjana churita…
Nice pastime
RadhaGopinath are the most wonderful deities! In Bombay, i feel that Gopinath is like the simple cowherd boy from Vrindavan where as Rasabihari is like the king!!
Maharaj is amazing!
because there are such saintly souls who are dear servants of their Lordships RadhaGopinath have appeared to reciprocate and there by also shower mercy on all others…
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story. Haribol!
what a powerful statement, i don’t know when that day will come, when i can also say these words with my full heart.