Radhanath Swami’s room in the Radhagopinath Ashram, on that day, felt like the hollow of a scanning machine. What was scanned?—my mind, which had been for a while bristling with innumerable misconceptions—some related to philosophy and others to temple management. Who was the doctor?—Radhanath Swami, who diagnosed every wrong idea cooped in my skull and spelled out its folly.
How was all this happening? After all, these were the thoughts that bounced secretly—just between me and my mind.
“How did you know what thoughts I had been harboring?” I asked Radhanath Swami.
“By observing you. Simply through observation I understand many things. In fact, I learnt the basics of my spiritual life simply by observing the Ganges,” he replied.
The air of mystery about his last statement was somewhat cleared-off years later, when I read his autobiography, The Journey Home. There he speaks in some detail of the times he spent on a rock amid the River Ganges.
Krishna Das (name changed on request.)
216 replies on “Radhanath Swami and the Scanning”
Thank you for sharing this intimate moment with Guru Maharaj. Guru dev is able to penetrate our thoughts & feelings by the power of observations. It is something which we all can put in practice in our dealings with devotees.
Pure devotees of the Lord like Radhanath Swami see the living entity as a soul and not mere as the body which is just a covering around the soul. Hence they are able to go to the root of the disease and give the exact medicine that is required for us to become Krishna Conscious.
This incident is really heart touching. Being a expert spiritual doctor, Maharaj does diagnosis of misconceptions which are unhealthy for one’s own spiritual life.
PURITY IS THE FORCE
Simply Amazing!
Swamiji’s autobiography depicts a lot of such observations. One of the deep spiritual observation is when he witnessed the interaction between hawk and the fish. The following excerpt I really loved to quote:
“The unsuspecting fish, who knew nothing but a life in the river, went about its routine like any other day, but in an instant was ripped out of its reality to meet with death. Like that fish, we routinely live our lives hardly aware that, at the least expected moment, the yellow-eyed hawk of fate in the form of crises, tragedy, or even death, may wrench us out of our comfortable environment.”
Good one. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing the pleasing incident with Maharaj
Saintly devotees like Radhanath Swami are endowed with special powers by the Lord – they can not only understand the troubling thoughts of their disciples, but also give perfect God conscious solutions to them.
Thanks for sharing.
Maharaj is empowered with special powers by almighty,so that he can guide his devotees with absulutely right solutions.
Thanks for sharing this incident. Great souls like Radhanath swami can know the mind of a person just by observing, because they are in constant touch with the super soul within the heart.
very nice
One cannot hide anything from Krsna or His pure devotees.
Thanks for sharing
one can’t hide ,thoughts or actions for long time from the spiritual master by the grace of supersoul.
Radhanath Swami is mystical in many ways:)
Wonderful pastime of Radhanath Swami. Thanks a lot for sharing.
It might seem otherworldly, but is very believable when it comes to pure hearted souls such as Radhanath Swami because they are simple hearted and compassionate to the highest level of empathy.
Wonderful mysticism element to this pastime. Thanks for sharing
From Radhanath Maharaj’s every act we can learn something….
Mahara is so simple and humble.
Thank you prabhu, thank you so much for sharing your experience.
HHRNSM is very humble and simple, a true spiritual master, haribol, rajesh karia
Maharaj is an inspiration to everyone and is a clean observer of ones mind and thoughts, haribol, bhakti
maharaj sees the soul
Not only action but every thought is being watched by Radhanath Swami.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj is a perfect spiritual doctor!
Maharaj is an humble Personified and yes with Pure Devotees of the lord, all Godly quality manifest automatically and thats the reason Maharaj can scan the heart of anyone very easily.
He is real Spiritual Doctor
A pure devotee is an empowered representative of God.
Thanks for sharing this.
Radhanath Swami connects straight on the level of the soul, and this can be felt when he glances or just cast a simple smile, so then what to speak of him knowing what’s going on up there in our mind?
A true saint easily understands the mind of others & helps them to come to the right path.
Gurudev can easily see through our external facade into the substance of who we really are!!
We must be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of such saints who have come only to help us in our spiritual life.All glories to Maharaj.
This is such an amazing post – thank you for sending it.
Thanks for sharing your experience…
Thanks for sharing. Many devotees can vouch to the fact that Radhanath Maharaj knows the minds of his disciples. Hare Krishna!
When he looks at us he look through us.Thank you very much for haring it.
Nice experience. How lucky that maharaj helped you.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj, when he sees us, I was told, he doesn’t see us as we see ourselves, but see into us, to the real soul within the body.
Thanks for sharing these incidents
The way Radhanath Swami has lived his life, if some real seeker of the Absolute Truth knows that, he would surely be inspired to take to the spiritual life.
Completely transcendental.
Because Radhanath Swami has a genuine desire to help the devotee to advance spiritually, he is able to ‘scan’ and solve the problem in the best way.
HH Radhanath swami is well aware of the thoughts snd actions of people around him. He is a pure representative of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj clears all our misgivings very expertly & with love…..
Very nice pastime!!!
Fabulous….
Maharaj can understand just by observing.. anyone can have this experience..thnx for sharing..