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Biography
1950-1970: The Early Years
Richard Slavin (
As a child, Richard showed a tendency that he later called "the traces of my past lives".[13] He did not prefer eating at the table, but seated on the floor, as is customary in India.[13] When his parents forbade him to do so, he began to eat at the table standing.[13] He hated the sight of meat and eggs, nauseated at their sight, and often vomited after eating meat, something that took him several years to get accustomed to.[13] From an early age, Richard realized that the materialistic way of life would never satisfy him, and was attracted by poverty and simplicity.[8]
Although his parents were not religious, Richard developed an interest in religion and spiritual themes from his early years.
In 1965, Richard entered Deerfield High School, where he excelled in his studies and made many friends.[15][16][17] He was passionate about wrestling, ending up on his school's team and won majority of fights. However, on dislocating his shoulder in a major competition, he decided to quit the sport.[18] In his spare time, along with a couple of friends, he washed cars.[19] Dissatisfied with the conditions of African Americans and opposing the Vietnam War, he embraced the ideologies of Martin Luther King.[19][16]
The death of one of his close friends (aged 16) in a car accident made Richard think seriously about the meaning of life.[19] At the same time, following the example of some of his peers, he plunged into the hippie counterculture.[16] Keen to understand the meaning of life, he grew his hair and started smoking.[16] In the summer of 1968, a sense of adventure led him to hitchhike journey to California.,[17][16] where he spent the nights on the beaches and visited the then-hippie mecca of Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco.[17][18]
In 1969, Richard enrolled in
In the summer of 1970, after the end of his first year in college, Richard attended a rock festival on
1970: From Europe to India
Richard travelled to Europe with his childhood friend Gary Liss.[24] Penniless, they stayed with anyone who would take them in, and often survived on just bread and cheese.[16] To cover basic expenses, Richard played the harmonica on the street and collected alms.[16] In Amsterdam, Richard met Hare Krishnas once again and spent some time in a commune. In England, he attended the rock festival Isle of Wight on the Isle of Wight on 30 August 1970, witnessing one of Jimi Hendrix's last performances.[25]
During his travels, Richard read books on Eastern spirituality and the Bible that he had brought from America.
In Athens, Richard and Gary first made their living by donating blood, and then, together with a Swiss violinist and French guitarist, playing music and collecting alms on the street.[28] After the police forbade them to do so and confiscated their earnings, Richard and Gary went to Crete, where Richard lived in a cave by the sea.[28] By that time, Richard had little interest in the carefree way of life and ideals of the hippies; he was increasingly drawn to spiritual life.[16]
One morning, while meditating and praying on top of a rock, Richard heard an inner voice that urged him to go to India.[24] On the same morning, the inner voice directed Gary to Israel.[24] After parting with Gary, Richard hit the road.[24] with neither money nor a travel plan, but he firmly believed that by hitchhiking eastward, he could get to the country that had answers to his prayers.[24]
Having met two hippies in Athens who were also Eastward bound,[29] Richard joined them in going to India by the (then-popular among the hippie) route through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.[24] In Turkey, they encountered great difficulty, as there was a raging cholera epidemic.[29] After a narrow escape from bandits in Istanbul, they continued by bus through Ankara to the border with Iran. They arrived in Tehran during Ramadan. As Richard had developed an interest in Islam, he parted with his friends and stayed for a few days in Mashhad, an important place of pilgrimage for Shia Muslims.[30] In the mausoleum of Imam Reza, Richard met an English-speaking Muslim, who explained the basics of Islam and Muslim customs.[30]
Upon arrival in Afghanistan, Richard spent a few days in
1970-1972: India – In search of a guru
In India, Richard arrived in December 1970. Watching cows freely walking around in
Richard also met
The last day of the conference was held in Vigyan Bhavana – the largest concert hall in New Delhi.[35] The event brought together more than 3,000 people.[35] The conference ended with the gurus fighting over the microphone, so they could convince the audience that their path was the best.[36]
In January 1971, Richard went to the
In his 1980s interview to
Unable to find a guru in the Himalayas, Richard continued to wander in India.
After parting with the Hare Krishna devotees, Richard continued his wanderings in India, travelling "from ashram to ashram and guru to guru".
A few months later, Prabhupada came to Vrindavan with a group of American students.
1972-1973: Back to America, Initiation
In the spring of 1972, the Indian government refused to extend Richard's visa, forcing him to return to America.[40] After spending a few weeks in a Krishna temple in Amsterdam and the Radha Krishna Temple in London, Richard returned to his parents, who by then had moved from Chicago to Miami.[40] Soon, he again came into contact with the Hare Krishnas and went to New York, where he met Prabhupada, who was in town for a few days en route to India.[38] Richard wanted to go back to India, but Prabhupada asked him to stay in America and assist in the development of the New Vrindaban community, under the guidance of Kirtanananda Swami.[38] Richard followed Prabhupada's counsel and settled in New Vrindaban, caring for cows and reading Prabhupada's books in his spare time.[40] Convinced by the philosophy outlined in the books and personal examples of those living in the New Vrindaban community, Richard finally decided to accept Prabhupada as his guru.[41] On 11 February 1973 he accepted initiation from Prabhupada.
1973-1993: New Vrindaban
For the next six years, Radhanath never left New Vrindaban, contributing to developing the community. initiation.
In the first half of the 1980s, Radhanath lectured at several universities in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and conducted courses on vegetarian cooking.[42] In early 1982, a community leader – Kirtanananda Swami – offered Radhanath to take sannyasa (the way of life of renunciation).[43] The sannyasa initiation ceremony was held in May 1982 in New Vrindaban.[43] On accepting the vows of lifelong renunciation, Radhanath received the title of "swami", and since then is known as "Radhanath Swami".[43] In 1983, for the first time after many years, Radhanath Swami made a pilgrimage to India, where he met some of his old friends.[43] In 1986 Radhanath Swami established the Radha Gopinath Temple in Bombay.
In 1987, Kirtanananda Swami was expelled from ISKCON for various deviations.
Projects
Radha Gopinath Temple
Succeeding to Kirtanananda Swami, Radhanath Swami has been instrumental in the guidance of the Radha Gopinath Temple since 1991,
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Devotee Care and Relations Program
Based on the Hare Krishna ideology, Radhanath Swami designed the Devotee Care Program in Radha Gopinath Temple, which eventually led ISKCON to emphasize the need for such a program globally.
Led by Radhanath, the Chowpatty Temple's Devotee Care and Relations Program was developed in Mumbai, India in 1986. This Devotee Care and Relations Program established the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, ISKCON Food Relief Foundation, financial aid programs, and many other institutions addressing the physical needs of devotees. To address the importance of emotional and spiritual care, the temple is known for developing Grihastha Counseling. This counselling has the "primary purpose to foster trust among devotees"; the program arranges a formal counselling system where experienced devotees help foster the spiritual development of new devotees. The temple also leads a trip to Govardhan Farm, a tropical fruit and bamboo nursery in the Caribbean, advocating for "spiritually healthy" recreation. A model for Devotee Care and Relations Programs around the world, this program serves as an example for developing Devotee Care and Relation Programs in New Vrindaban.
— Johnson et al., Harvard Pluralism Project[58]
Annamrita
Launched in 2004,
Bhaktivedanta Hospital
Emerging from the Radha Gopinath Temple congregation, the Bhaktivedanta Hospital has become a flagship center for holistic health and spiritual care in Mumbai.
In the early days, the doctors conducted medical camps in various areas in and around Maharashtra. These served the medically deprived and needy.[75] Years of dedicated service to thousands of patients led to the launch of 7-bed 'Sri Chaitanya Clinic' (or Bhaktivedanta Clinic) in Mira Road, Mumbai in 1992,[75][77] which eventually led to establishing the 60-bed Bhaktivedanta Hospital in 1998.[78]
Though closed in 2003 due to a labour dispute, it reopened in August 2004 under a different trust.
The hospital also houses an Ayurveda, Yoga and Rehabilitation Center as well as an exclusive department on Spiritual Care.[78] On the educational front, it includes an Institute of Nursing Education, Institute of Paramedical Science and a Certificate Course for Spiritual Care in Nursing.[81] The Bhaktivedanta Cancer Institute, Eye Care/Vision Center, Urology Center and Center of excellence in Heart Care enhance the breadth of services offered.[78] The hospital also has a special team for counselling patients and an impressive palliative care unit.[82]
Community services form one of the core pillars of the hospital, which it extensively pursues. It has medically-equipped mobile vans to attend to eye care, cancer and maternity issues in remote sections of society;
The annual Barsana Camp, in particular, has been highly successful in that the doctors perform 600-700 free cataract surgeries annually and have even attracted doctors from far-off lands like the US and Britain.[84][85] Consequently, the efforts led to the founding of the Barsana Health Care Center in Uttar Pradesh.[86]
In addition, the Bhaktivedanta Hospice Center serves those who desire to spend their last days in the holy site of Vrindavan with good medical care.[87] The hospital is also proactive in disaster relief activities such as the Gujarat earthquake relief (2001), tsunami relief (2004), Mumbai flood relief (2005), Mumbai bomb-blasts (2006) and Uttarakhand floods (2013).[88][89][90]
In 2014, AmeriCares India awarded Bhaktivedanta Hospital the "Spirit of Humanity Awards" for their work in the category of Oncology,[91] while it also won "Best Multi Specialty Hospital", "Best Hospital for Wellness & Healthcare", "Excellence in Hospice & Palliative Medicine" and "Best Teacher" awards in Indo-Global Healthcare Summit & Expo 2014.[92] The Times of India, in association with New India Assurance Co. Ltd., recognized the hospital's persistent efforts and designated them as "Trendsetter in Quality Patient Care and Safety" in the Healthcare Achievers Awards 2014.[93]
Govardhan Ecovillage
Spread over 75 acres of pristine farmland at the foothills of the
GEV's achievements in the area of integrated water conservation and protection were honored with the Skoch 2013 Platinum Award and Order-of-Merit.
Writings
The Journey Home
On the request of his friend and godbrother
Like many a spiritual autobiography, the external events and details turn out to be the setting for the author's inner quest. His journey is humbling, learning to be poor, a series of tests that push the author toward living by faith alone. Like any pilgrim, he does not see all of this along the way, but in retrospect sees how he was being quietly, insistently drawn toward God all the time.
— Francis Xavier Clooney, A Hare Krishna Swami Tells All[106]
The book launch of the
The Journey Within
A sequel to Journey Home, The Journey Within, was launched in May 2016.The Journey Within: Exploring the Path of Bhakti, became the New York Times Bestseller in July 2016 under the category of 'Religion, Spirituality and Faith'.[109]
Other books
Radhanath Swami's lectures have also been thematically published in the form of books, which includes those based on his quotations, such as Nectar Drops and Nectar Stream,[110] and those based on his lectures and teachings such as Evolve,[111] Six Goswamis of Vrindavan,[112] The Wisdom Tree,[113] and The Real You.[114] The book "Soul Wise" (later renamed to "The Real You") was reviewed on Spirit Sundae, SABC1, South Africa.[115]
Global outreach
Radhanath Swami has a strong global influence and has been globally honored for his humanitarian deeds.
Radhanath Swami's interfaith discussion with
For me as a Christian it was inspiring to hear this great Hindu teacher talk about finding ways to allow ourselves to be motivated and prompted by the love of God and by God's love for us. ... I felt honoured as a Christian to sit in the presence of a great itinerant spiritual teacher.
— Rev'd Andrew Willson, University Chaplain atImperial College, London, His Holiness Radhanath Swami – the Guru comes to town[125]
Radhanath Swami presented ancient spiritual solutions to modern subjugation at esteemed debating society, Oxford Union.[126] The Union's event, dubbed Malcolm X's Speech in Oxford — 50 years later, marked the anniversary of X's acclaimed Oxford address.[127] The event's aim: to rouse modern thought and contention on a radical approach to preserving liberty.[128] Radhanath Swami put forth ecumenical spiritual truths as means of harmonizing society.[129] Prominent participants included Angela Davis, Dr. Cornel West, Prof. Stephen Tuck and Ben Okri.[128][130]
Radhanath Swami appeared as the main speaker at a corporate workshop held by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).[131] The exclusive interactive session, deemed Spirituality: Leadership and Management, hosted over 150 of India's top corporate executives.[132] Radhanath Swami conveyed the value of integrity, humility and simplicity in daily business affairs.[132] Prominent speakers included Piramal Group chairman, Ajay Piramal and Future Group CEO, Kishore Biyani.[133]
Many famous and influential people interacted with Radhanath Swami and expressed their appreciation of his character and work. Among them are
He's a beautiful fellow. He's got the answer. I'm a spiritual gent and increasingly that's the level I want to vibrate on.
See also
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Bhakti Yoga
- Vaishnavism
- List of ISKCON members and patrons
- Baba Rampuri
Notes
- ^ In his autobiography, Radhanath Swami mentions that before going to Europe, he visited his parents in Chicago. On his flight back to New York, his neighbouring passenger turned out to be blues singer Johnny Winter. During the flight, they sang along to the accompaniment of harmonica Junior Parker's "Mother-in-Law Blues".[23]
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- Sawyer, Miranda (9 November 2008), "Brand on the run", The Observer
- Virmani, Ashish (24 August 2009), "An awakening to love", Daily News & Analysis
- Lama, Nishal (13 January 2010), "Story of an American Swami, Radhanath Swami", My Bangalore
- Web Newswire (18 January 2010), "'The Journey Home' unveiled", Web Newswire, archived from the original on 2 June 2012
- Mangalorean.com (12 January 2010), "Cracks seen in Indian Value System: Radhanath Swami", Mangalorean.com
- Nadkarni, Vithal C (10 October 2009), "It is faith that ultimately matters", The Economic Times
- Raote, Rrishi (24 October 2009), "Monk's quest", Sify.com, archived from the originalon 16 July 2011
- Chatterjee, Madhusree (31 August 2009), "Business in spiritual books booms as people look for peace", Bombay News.Net
- Iskcon Toronto (12 November 2011), The Journey Home" has inspired thousands of readers.
- Radhanath Swami Videos (23 November 2011), Radhanath Swami inspires at House of Commons
- Express News Service (1 February 2014), "Radhanath Swami's Punitha Payanam launched", The New Indian Express, archived from the original on 31 May 2014
- Prabhat Khabar (27 December 2013), "Dharma ka prayojan hriday ko shudda karna(purification of heart is the purpose of religion)", Prabhat Khabar
- Prabhat Khabar (25 December 2013), "Bhakti ke raste me hi jivan(Bhakti and Life)", Prabhat Khabar
- Shinn, Larry D. (1987), The Dark Lord: Cult Images and the Hare Krishnas in America, Philadelphia: ISBN 0664241700
- ISBN 083875144X
- Radhanath Swami (2010) [2008]. The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami. Insight Editions. ISBN 978-1-60887-985-4.
- ISBN 978-0313345531.
External links
- Radhanath Swami Official Website
- Radhanath Swami's Disciple Website
- Radhanath Swami Radio
- Talks by Radhanath Swami
- Books by Radhanath Swami
- Video Lecture by Radhanath Swami
- Radhagopinath Temple - An Offering of Love by Radhanath Swami Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Radhanath Swami's Letters
- Articles in The Huffington Post by Radhanath Swami