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Radhanath Swami’s Offering of Love

// June 19th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Radhanath swami

Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami

In 1971, Radhanath Swami got associated with ISKCON. In 1973, Radhanath Swami took spiritual initiation from Srila Prabhupad. In 1986, Radhanath Swami landed in Mumbai and started the Radha Gopinath temple. And now, in 2010, this beautiful temple and its flourishing community serves as a befitting offering at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupad, and demonstrates that miracles can indeed spring from dedication and love.

Initially, Radha Gopinath Temple was confined to just a single room in a dilapidated building. However, instead of focusing on fund-raising for a glamorous temple of bricks and stones, Radhanath Swami focused on building temples in the hearts of spiritual seekers who visited the then single-room temple: Radhanath Swami dedicated himself to uplift them spiritually.

Miraculously, as Radhanath Swami meticulously built beautiful temples within hearts, the external temple structure also expanded and evolved: it expanded with gradual acquisitions of more property within the same building, and it evolved in beauty with innovative renovations chipping in. This entire gamut of acquisitions and renovations was mostly funded by Radhanath Swami’s newly developed congregation; it was their heart felt offering of love to Srila Prabhupad and Radhanath Swami. Now, in 2010, Radhanath Swami’s steadily growing Mumbai congregation numbers over three thousand, and Radha Gopinath Temple stands as a beautiful sandstone marvel.

Do visit this spiritual sanctuary at Mumbai. We assure you that your visit to “Radhanath Swami’s offering of love to Srila Prabhupad” will be a memorable one.

More than a Family Member

// July 19th, 2010 // 83 Comments » // Stories

Manish chadha

Stories from Radhagopinath Community of Love

Quite some time back, I was in US for few weeks in Pittsburgh. I had learned from my friends that Radhanath Swami was in Chicago and would be readily available. I somehow managed to get the number of the place in Chicago where he was staying. And early in the morning I called him. I was ignorant that US had 3 time zones and I was calling him at an unearthly hour.

I heard a groggy voice and immediately requested for Radhanath Swami, to which the response was “Speaking”. I immediately offered my respects and then for the next 5 minutes in a very polite and fatherly voice, Radhanath Swami spoke to me, praising me and offering very lovingly, kind and instructive words.

After a few weeks when I met Radhanath Swami back in Mumbai, I promptly told him that I had called him in US. He said “Oh…. It was you”. He apologized and said that he was heavily medicated on antibiotics and may not have been very attentive.

I was shocked!!! Here is a person who was disturbed in the middle of the night and was heavily medicated and sick, and yet his love and kindness was the same. There was no difference in his dealings and gentleness when he is fully conscious or heavily medicated and disturbed in the middle of the night.

I cannot think of anyone, even in own family who would have been so loving and kind even when heavily sick and disturbed in the middle of the night.

-Manish Chadha