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”
Maharaj is a mystic !!
Thank for sharing this. A bonafide Spiritual Master is a self-realized soul. So it is not possible for us to hide anything from him.
Thank you very much for sharing this. We cannot hide anything from Krishna and His pure devotees. They have divine vision by which they can understand what is going in our minds.
Thank you sharing glories of maharaj
Hmmm… Mysterious 🙂 Radhanath Swami is as deep as the ocean. He is the most amazing person I know.
A bonafide spiritual master can see through his student’s mind and heart.
A self realized person can easily read mind of a person to help them bring closer to God.
Fabulous. Radhanath Swami having so many qualities.
Amazing, thanks for sharing
A very remarkable story.
Thank you for sharing
Radhanath Maharaj sees the inner meaning in everything!
Radhanath swami is a great saint yet so caring and loving.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj knows everyone inside out!
Wow!! Radhanath Swami can read minds.
To a pure devotee all mystic powers are automatically available, but they don’t use it for show
Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s sensitivity towards nature and people and closeness to God enables him to learn from anyone and understood people from their facial expressions.
That’s really wonderful.
Maharaj has an amazing power of observation!
Thank you prabhu for sharing this inspiring exchange.
The kind of austerities Radhanath Swami has undergone in his life has given him lot of experience and that’s like a medicine for all of our doubts/misconceptions.
All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
Thank you Prabhuji for sharing this experience. Maharaj could see through our mind and dispel all the doubts, and how Maharaj achieves this only helps Devotees and the society at large.
Hare Krishna
a pure devoteeof the lord knows everything about you because the Lord reveals to him whatever the pure devotee needs to know
A true & pure devotee acquires many mystic qualities by grace of God……
Thanks for sharing. It looks like Radhanath swami has some special power of seeing through a person’s heart 🙂
Wow what a cool experience!
HH Radhanath Swami, a true spiritual master can understand the heart of all his disciples, because he is self realised and also knows the heart of Krishna. So one who knows Krishna knows every thing.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj dissolves our misgivings through his love & compassion!
A Pure devotee of the Lord is empowered by Lord himself in multi faceted ways for purpose pf Preaching the glories of the Holy Name
Nice story.Thanks for sharing
Very nice story – Thanks a lot Prabhuji for sharing this wonderful realization.
what a mystical pastime…! Thank u for sharing this..
Thankyou for sharing.We can hide nothing from our spiritual master, even if it is in the deepest of our thoughts.
Nice experince !
Thank you so much prabhu for sharing the same.
Thank you for sharing!
Amazing pastime!!!
Great souls can truly understand our heart.All glories to HH Radhanath Swami.
Thank you for sharing this deeply enlightening experience about Radhanath Swami.
Radhanath Swami is a transcendentalist, who shows His compassion by reading our minds for our benefit and better service.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Only a spiritually intelligent person like Radhanath Swami can learn so much about a person simply by observing.
Amazing!Thank you for sahring this.
Pure saints can understand the in and out of what’s going on in the minds of materially conditioned beings. These pure souls have transcended the material modes and are here to help us to transcend. And HH Radhanath Swami is a very special personality, pure devotee who is very very dear to the Lord.
Radhanath Swami genuinely does what is genuinely best for genuine spiritual elevation for the people.
HH Radhanath Swami knows the heart and mind of his disciples and also the heart of Lord.
Very very nice story
Radhanath Swami is a true spiritualist and spiritual master who can see thru the heart of his students.
Radhanath Maharajah knows his disciples inside out. there is nothing we can hide from him.
Thank you so much.
Very nice experience….