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Family culture in Eastern traditions

Radhanath fan blog – Family culture in Eastern traditions. Radhanath Swami observed that every evening they would come together and perform devotional service united in spirit of love of God. From these gentle souls Richard (now Radhanath Swami) learned much about the traditions of family life in the East.

Curing black magic spells

Radhanath swami fan blog – Curing black magic spells. For most moderns black magic is part of fiction as in Shakesphere’s Macbeth or the more recent J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. But there’s more to it. I had heard of a lot of cases of evil spells on different people by tantrics. Radhanath Swami’s memoir reminded me of what my grandfather would tell me about these tantric spells.

Hypocrisy destroys faith

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Hypocrisy destroys Faith. Radhanath Swami appeals to aspiring spiritualists that we may pose as a great person, but the substance of our character determines who we really are. We may fool the world with our external exploits, but God is seeing our motivations from within, and if these motivations are dubious we will ourselves feel emptiness in the heart.

Starving the bad dog and feeding the good dog

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Starving the bad dog and feeding the good dog. Radhanath Swami – Within every heart dwell two dogs, a bad dog and a good dog, both at battle with one another. Whichever dog we feed the most through the choices we make and the utilization of our time will empower that dog to bark the loudest and conquer the other.

Lord Rama – God as an ideal person

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Lord Rama – God as an ideal person. Rama, the perfect incarnation of God is an all-time favorite among Hindu deities. The most popular symbol of chivalry and virtue, Rama – in the words of Radhanath Swami, in his autobiography, ‘The Journey Home’- is “the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, and above all, the ideal king.”

Seeing the same God in all religions

Radhanath Swami Blog – Seeing the same God in all religions. Radhanath Swami’s fans include Christians, Muslims and people from many other faiths as well. I once attended a programme where Radhanath Swami spoke about two aspects of all religions. He said all religions have an exoteric, external aspect and an esoteric or internal aspect. Sincere devotion to God was the only way to overcome the strife and division of the world.

Personal inconveniences for pleasing others

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Personal inconveniences for pleasing others. Radhanath Swami meditated “Yes, I’m crying, and it may as well be in gratitude, as he believes. To please others is not always easy, but it is part of my deepest nature to wish to do so. Enduring the burning pain of that food was a small price to please this sadhu.”

From negativities to Goodness

Radhanath swami Fan Blog- From negativities to Goodness. Radhanath swami thought; Like sand, a person influenced by circumstances can become viciously envious or affectionately kind. Our company and surroundings have a crucial effect on our consciousness. How important it is to be an instrument to bring out the inherent good of each other rather than the worst. So much wisdom is being whispered through every grain of sand if only I have ears to hear.”

Facing the inevitable death

Radhanath Swami Fan Blog – Facing the inevitable death. Radhanath Swami Reflected : 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. We regularly hear of it in the news or see it around us but rarely take seriously that it could happen to us… But “To forget God is worse than death.”

Is religion for violence or peace?

Radhanath swami fan blog – Is religion for violence or peace?. Radhanath swami – The fundamental need of the individual is love; everyone wants to love and be loved. Radhanath Swami explains that real religion and spirituality imparts an individual with the vision to see the cosmos in the proper perspective and to live in harmony with it. Quoting the non-sectarian Vedic texts, he says that actual self is anti-material; our material body is animated by a spiritual particle called the atma or the soul.

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