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What Keeps Radhanath Swami Cool?

I gazed inside the hall through the window. Were they monstrous serpents in there? They cleaved to the ceiling; they breathed cool air; and their huge bodies dwarfed the hall. Well, I knew what they were, but I was only stretching to imagine the thoughts of someone who didn’t know 😉

Along with me outside, stood top officers of India’s top air-conditioning company, Blue Star—sweating in anxiety. How long would this project continue? They had undertaken the project of cooling Radha Gopinath Temple three months ago. For that they built air ducts that resembled serpents, relegating spacious halls into low caves in the process. When I had sent the photographs of the ducting to Radhanath Swami in America, he promptly halted the project till he returned to Mumbai; he felt that the present design wouldn’t meet the needs of the temple. He even hinted at changing the entire design; and that meant undoing three months of work, something that worried the officers.

Now that Radhanath Swami had returned, a meeting was called, and here we stood awaiting him at the site. I watched blank stares exchanged all around, while an eerie pressure mounted on me—with every passing minute. Will the meeting be a heated one?

Radhanath Swami walked in. Obviously, he too knew what a task it was to alter the design at this stage. Nonetheless, he looked cool inside-out. What on earth could keep him cool, despite the heated issue at hand?

“Here are officers from the air-conditioning company, Blue Star,” I told Radhanath Swami. Spontaneously, his eyes lit up, “Krishna is also blue.” The question that had flashed across my mind a moment ago was now answered. He was cool—within and without—because he was always absorbed in Lord Krishna. We needed an air conditioner, he didn’t.

–Krishnan Iyer.(Finance Coordinator, Radhagopinath Temple)

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118 replies on “What Keeps Radhanath Swami Cool?”

This is an experience of many with Radhanath Swami. He is never disturbed in any situation because of his firm faith in Lord.

HHRNSM is very particular about the comfort and care of all devotees and the guest that visit the SRI SRI RADHA GOPINATH temple, very compassionate article, haribol, bhakti

Haha Maharaj’s comment made me laugh. He is definetly cool, within and without, a quality of a real sadhu. Thanks for sharing!

not something that can be imitated…reading Radhanath Swami’s autobiography “The Journey Home” we can see numerous examples of such deep surrender to the lotus feet of Krsna…unless one has this shelter there is no way to be cool!