Radhanath Swami's Journey http://www.radhanath-swami.info Stories from Journey Home Book as a Narration Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:30:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Hawk and the Unsuspecting Fish #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Sitting on the sandy bank of the Ganges, Radhanath Swami gazed into the cloudless blue sky. There, a hawk, wings extended, soared the airways. His reddish-brown feathers shone in the sun as he hovered lower and lower, till he was just a few yards above Radhanath’s head, his glistening yellow eyes intently scanning the river. Suddenly the [...]]]> http://www.radhanath-swami.info/574/the-hawk-and-the-unsuspecting-fish Radhanath Swami at the Traffic Lights #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } During the course of his travels, Radhanath Swami had become quite attached to the spiritual books he carried. He had gradually gathered a small library in a cloth bag. Except for this heavy bag of books, his only possession was a begging bowl and a branch used as a walking stick. Many times he considered [...]]]> http://www.radhanath-swami.info/551/radhanath-swami-at-the-traffic-lights Radhanath Swami’s Unusual Childhood Habits #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } “Our Little Richie is sweet, but so strange,” Radhanath Swami’s parents would often say when he was small. “Why is he like this?”  Radhanath Swami had odd habits. No one had any idea where they came from. Until Radhanath Swami was eight or nine years old, he refused to sit in chairs while eating and [...]]]> http://www.radhanath-swami.info/537/radhanath-swami%e2%80%99s-unusual-childhood-habits