At Janakpur, Richard (now Radhanath Swami) met Vasudev, a handsome sadhu in his early thirties. Vasudeva had the manners of an aristocrat and his speech rang with the distinction of the Queen’s English. He wore immaculately clean robes. Richard had never met such a well-groomed mendicant. He was learned in both spiritual and material subjects, and when he invited Richard to travel by foot for three days to reach an obscure holy place, Richard agreed. They journeyed through countryside the whole way, and whomever they met along the way was charmed by Vasudeva’s gentle nature. But something puzzled Richard.
Behind a mask of cheerfulness, Richard (now Radhanath Swami) sensed that this man was tormented.
Vasudeva shared with Richard that he had been born to a well-to-do family in Calcutta and received a Ph.D., becoming a popular, celebrated professor. However a leader of the powerful black tantric cult controlled Vasudev’s life, and demanded him to surrender. Tantric mysticism, Vasudev explained was extremely powerful, and could be either beneficial or sinister. There are the white tantrics who use their powers to serve humankind. Then there are the black tantrics who use their powers to exploit people’s lives for their own diabolical purposes. They gain terrible influence through unspeakable sacrifices, tantric sex rites, and yoga. This guru was an extremely powerful black tantric, endowed with the power to control people’s minds and manipulate their lives. Vasudev had by the power of the holy name saved himself from the tantric’s effects, and although the tantric was killed, his soul sought revenge and in his astral body he sent his men to hunt for Vasudev, and seek revenge. Vasudev led a tormented life, constantly running in fear of the tantric and his evil men.
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. Tantric spells are ineffective on us if we follow two principles- develop confidence in divine, and cultivate strength of the mind. Radhanath Swami encourages people to be under the shelter of the divine. It’s important that we keep our external surroundings clean and also our mind pure by cultivating positive thoughts of love, and service. Reading spiritual books and associating with people aspiring to lead a pure life gives us the immunity from black magic spells.
One sure method that Richard (now Radhanath Swami) discovered was mantra yoga, chanting of the Holy names of God. Radhanath Swami gives interesting logic, “Since God is absolute, His names are non-different from Him. Therefore associating with the Holy names gives us the same benefit as associating with the Lord Himself.” Radhanath Swami’s advice therefore is, “constantly remember God and chant His Holy names.” This not only removes evil spells, it also helps keep them away.
Since we are associating with the Supreme Lord by chanting His names, our lives are filled with spiritual happiness. The occult phenomenon relegates to the background in the face of divine joy that springs from a loving relationship with God.
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“Go to India” a sweet but commanding voice; spoke up in the heart of young Richard (later Radhanath Swami) who was immersed in meditation, his search for meaning in life has brought him to the Isle of Crete. Today he was ordered to go to India. Born and raised in the middle class suburbs of Chicago, Radhanath swami grew up in the 1950’s and 60’s era when popular musicians protested war, prejudice and social injustice. Radhanath swami would listen to these songs again and again, but their lyrics referring to God stirred his soul. Peter, Paul and Mary- the folk trio from Greenswich village sang in their debut album
“Early in the morning, about the break of day
I ask the Lord, to help me find my way”
This simple prayer was to guide Radhanath swami in the coming years of his life........
Amazing,
View CommentTHis not only shows that how media is Spreading its Black Magic by keeping our minds away by making this Fact as Fiction.
This article not only shows the problem but also gives the solution i.e. to keep in shelter of DIVINE especially by chanting his holy names.
Yes, black magic is a reality; and fortunately the effect of chanting the Holy Names of God is too! Lets chant and chant and develop our immunity to all inauspiciousness!
View Commentthis shows how we should be really serious in chanting the holy name.
View CommentPower of Holy name can be understood here.. Maharaj teaches such powerful lessons from his practical life examples.. thanks for sharing.. JAI !!!
View CommentIt’s sad to hear how people are misusing powers in order to hurt others. Luckily there is always positive remedy – like allpowerful God’s names.
View Comment“constantly remember God and chant His Holy names.” This not only removes evil spells, it also helps keep them away-By Radhanath swami.
View CommentVery good solution to get rid of black art spells. kirtaniya sada harih. radhanath swami’s advice to chant always the holy
View Commentnames of God is very significant. All glories to Radhanath Swami.
The 2 points stated were beautiful:Confidence in divine and Strenght of mind (which comes from following certain regulated principles). Thank you.
View CommentRadhanath Swami Maharajs instructions prove that there is no better protection than chanting of the holy names
View CommentMaharaj has clearly explained that chanting the holy names of the Lord is as good as associationg with Him. This meditation greatly helps us get rid off from the fear of all evils. Thanks for sharing this wonderful meditation.
View CommentChanting the Holy Names of the Lord, especially in the form of Hare Krsna Maha-mantra,is the solution for all the problems
View Commentwhich includes black magic.Thank you,Radhanath Swami for this revelation.
The moment there is some distress in our lives we start running around for a crutch in whatever form it is available. Radhanath Swamis experiences help us to find a permanent cure to all our sufferings.
View CommentChanting is all powerful.
View CommentRadhanath Swami says that our humble service attitude in our
View Commentlife is what determines what effect the chanting will have in our consciousness, otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal.
It is very important to keep the mind nourished for strength through chanting and reading books on spiritual science. And this is not just theoretical, Radhanath Swami is speaking through experience.
View Commentby chanting the Holynames of the Lord with full faith in his names will overcome all the evils of this material world.
View CommentRadhanath Swami has given very simple advice, easy to follow and implement.
View CommentChanting is the only solution.Thanks for this article.
View CommentIt is fascinating, how chanting is panacea for all problems and is the most powerful weapon against any attack.
View CommentCurses , powerful spells and black magic
Render lives of both victim and perpetrator very tragic
The Lord’s holy name is the sole and Supreme logic
That can make innocuous even the forces of astrologic
View Commentthank u
View CommentSincere Chanting cleanses our heart of Anarthas.
View CommentI havn’t yet had any black magic experiences .
View Commentits so unfortunate that people use these Tantric methods for gaining control over ohters. but Radhananth Swami Maharaj very well tells us the formula to be proteted from such things simply by chanting the holy names of Lord.
View CommentGOD’ Holy Names are so potent that they overcome all kinds of inauspiciousness, what to speak of black magic.
View CommentBlack magic spreads more from food so one should be very careful not to eat anything and everything without knowing its source
View CommentThank you very much for the important advise of chanting God’s names in all situations.
View CommentThank you Maharaj for giving us the formula for this yuga i.e. constantly remember God and chant His Holy names.
View CommentPower of Holy name can be understood by this. We can understand the powerful lessons from the life of H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj. Thank you Maharaj.
View CommentThank you for this wonderful meditation & reminding us of the power of the holy name.
View CommentThe power of Holy Name of God can be easily understood by powerful saints like Radhanath Swami. Thank you Radhanath Swami for wonderful meditation to constantly associate with the holy name of Lord.
View CommentTantric spells are ineffective on us if we follow two principles- develop confidence in divine, and cultivate strength of the mind- Radhanath Swami
View CommentTantric spells are ineffective on us if we follow two principles- develop confidence in divine, and cultivate strength of the mind-Radhanath Swami
View CommentSrimad Bhagvatam is not being pessimistic when it says in this world every step there is danger. Its actually a miracle how we live each day of ours and not meeting any dangerous disasters which could strike us at every second.
The world is full of such people – full of envy, hatred wanting to use all techniques to disturb others.
However there is one magic solution – for all these problems…the HolyName of the Lord Himself…especially in form of beautiful Hare Krishna mantra:
View CommentHare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Thanks for this post…..
View Commentthank you
View CommentKrishna consciousness is one stop shop i.e it can help us take care of all our problems. If we take shelter of the Lord then the Lord protects us and also in such situations our faith in the Supreme Lord becomes more strong and that becomes our only hope
View CommentLet the sun of chanting of Holy name dispel all the darkness in our heart and world. Radhanath swami’s life is full of so many instances and teachings.
View CommentChanting the Holy names of the Lord with full faith can overcome all evils. Thank you.
View CommentNice informative article & realisation by Radhanath Swami
View CommentHoli name of the lord only a solution
View CommentWhat a sad story…. But Radhanath Swami has given us such a powerful weapon to protect us from such black magicians – chanting the holy names of the Lord. It will not make us immune from bad influences, but have a positive uplifting influence on our consciousness.
View Commentvery good
View CommentThank you very much for sharing. H.H.Radhanath Swami clearly says here that Chant the Holy Names of the Lord and be happy
View CommentWe are always protected by the Supreme Lord by his powerful Holy Names. So we should always tie them around our neck with faith and determination.
View CommentRadhanath Swami’s faith in the holy names of the Lord inspires all of us to seek their shelter.
View Commentwonderful,thank you
View CommentThe purity of the mind induced by the chanting process will easily overcome all black magic spells as mentioned by Radhanath Swami.
View CommentRadhanath Swami Maharaj has given the medicine to cure danger of tantric spells.
View Commenttantrics exist even today and many are affected like vasudev.
View Commentthe Hare Krishna mantra is a powerful antidote.