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Radhanath Swami on the Social Front

Radhanath Swami and Chetan Bhagat

Based on a report by Murari Gupta Das --

14 December 2010: Best selling English author Chetan Bhagat joined Radhanath Swami for creating AIDS awareness amongst the youth in a mega event organized by the Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Foundation.

Around 800 college students listened as Chetan Bhagat described how it is important to have spiritual guidelines in life. Chetan described his fondness for Krishna and said that the names of all the male leads in his novels are names of the blue God. "It's my way of spreading His name," he smiled. Each of his four books has sold more than one million copies and two were into movies. Chetan regularly visits the ISKCON centers in Mumbai and Australia and often uploads pictures of Deities' darshan on his twitter account that has more than two lakh followers.

Chetan Bhagat "We need good academics, great career and a good partner, but we also need good values," said Chetan, a writer whom The New York Times calls the largest selling English author in the history of India. He described how the massive scale of corruption that India is facing now is because of a crisis of value. We need to understand the values like justice, truthfulness, and lack of greed. These values were available to us, but now we have forgotten them. For this reason alone, there is a place of God in the society. He quoted Bhagavad-gita where Lord Krishna says that He appears to restore values whenever there is increase in sin. "But Krishna may decide to ask you to do some thing and make a change. Maintain good values and become a good person," he implored his audience. "Have a cause," he offered. "It will help you. Protect yourself and make sure that others don't fall in to this (HIV) problem."

Radhanath Swami appreciated Chetan's talk and continued the theme of cultivating values. "Without real values and meaning whatever we do has no real substance. Create a revolution of values, a revolution of character, of overcoming prejudice." Radhanath Swami spoke about yoga as harmonization of body and mind with the atma, soul. "Every soul is in touch with God. To honor and respect that is true religion."

"AIDS is a symptom of a deeper disease," he said. "Save lives through a life of service than a life of selfishness. One person who takes to spiritual life seriously can attract the power of God to make great changes in the world. Connect to the value of compassion," he requested his audience. A rock concert by the devotee band, Madhavas, the winner or MTV's Rock On concert, brought the event to a grand finale. Meanwhile on the twitter, Chetan wrote: Speaking at a youth awareness program in Kandivili organized by ISKCON's Bhaktivedanta Hospital. Happy to support the good work."

Last Updated on Monday, 27 December 2010 18:38

Comments

# Aishwarya 2010-12-15 11:16

This reminds me of the statement,'What great men do common men follow'

# Dipti Gaikwad 2010-12-15 11:43

Great leaders of society coming together like this for a common cause - very inspiring! Radhanath Swami is attracting people from all backgrounds because of his good work!

# Y.Raja Shekar 2010-12-15 12:03

HH Radhanath Swami is instrumental in bringing back those vedic values to India. Great work by Chetanji following the footsteps of HH Radhanath Swami.

# Sumit 2010-12-15 12:49

Radhanath Swami never leaves any opportunity to preach to people to bring them into theri original consciousness ie. Krishna consciousness.

# Manasa 2010-12-15 20:27

Thank you very much for sharing the words of Radhanath Swami "Every soul is in touch with God. To honor and respect that is true religion."

# krishna chandra 2010-12-15 22:12

It's good to read that famous authors are also sharing basic values with spiritual persons like Radhanath Swami.

# vinay rachh 2010-12-15 23:49

So nice to see that India's best selling author is inspired by Krishna Consciousness and is supporting this noble cause of AIDS prevention

# srikanth 2010-12-16 00:20

Radhanath Swami is an inspiration for many people.

H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki jai

# Gopasana Prasad 2010-12-16 00:40

nice to know that Radhanath Swami's noble campaigns are drawing favors from celebrities who can surely help by their influence on the masses at large

# Amol Kulkarni 2010-12-16 00:41

Thank you so much Radhanath Swami for coming all the way in Mumbai traffic driving for over 2 hours one way. I was witness to how much impact you had on Chetan Bhagat - he was delighted.

# manish parmar 2010-12-16 00:51

Radhanath Maharaj always stresses on the importance of cultivating values for the benefit of human society.

# Mayank Gupta 2010-12-16 01:00

GOD consciousness is the only remedy for the biggest problems in life.

# Uday 2010-12-16 01:46

In persuit of sense gratification one commits sins. Only spirituality will help one to inculcate values in his life and save himself from committing sins.Thanks to Radhanath Swami and Chetan Bhagat for taking up the important cause of AIDS awareness and iradication.

# Vishvesh 2010-12-16 01:57

If we keep faith on God and fully surrender to Him then He will take care of us. nice article.

# Sujit Mehta 2010-12-16 02:30

We all are in a Diseased condition, how else can we ever explain the phenomena of us exhibiting animalistic propensities. Yet very conveniently we tend to be casual about it, a little look around our very lifestyles is enough evidence, mere technological advancement is no consolation to deterioration of our core values infact they are more of a disguised obstacle, all in all wastage of this rare human form.Radhanath Swamis teachings help us to react in a positive way to get out of this entanglement

# swapnil Gaonkar 2010-12-16 02:40

Chetan Bhagat, is doing wonderful service with the help of ISKCON and Radhanath Swami. He is using his intelligence, fame in the service of Krishna and society. Many celebrities will come forward to take guidance from spiritual masters like Radhanath Swami.

# Ravi Garg 2010-12-16 03:03

Radhanath Swami is inspiring many famous personalities throughout the world in the service of the Supreme Lord......

# Manish Advani 2010-12-16 03:05

Its so inspiring to read people like Chetan Bhagat are appreciating work of ISKCON

# N. Swaminathan 2010-12-16 03:14

The deeper disease is rightly pointed out by Radhanath Swami as selfishness.

# rambaboo maheshwarim 2010-12-16 03:31

I was in the audience when these two great personality had their loving exchanges. Radhanath Swami before starting his talk took hand of Mr Chetan Bhagat and placed on his head , as if taking his blassing . Mr Chetan Bhagat garlanded Radhanath swami and touched his feet. Sweet site for a good cause.

# Vibhu Goel 2010-12-16 04:01

It is very much required that famous personalities like Chetan Bhagat to encourage today's youth to choose the right path .

# Jagdish Majethiya 2010-12-16 04:43

Very instructive - Without real values and meaning whatever we do has no real substance. Thanks a lot for sharing.

# vaishali kamat 2010-12-16 04:58

Radhanath Swami has made a phenomenal statement - Aids is a symptom of a deeper disease. So very true. If everyone follows good values which come automatically if we live life following the Laws of God, then he/she will never suffer from the deadly disease. Therefore the real remedy for Aids and such other deadly diseases is just to be God Conscious.

# deepak 2010-12-16 05:36

Radhanath Swami has influenced the lives of many such influenial people of India.

# navin poojary 2010-12-16 05:47

What a wonderful way to put your profession to best use by somehow or other propogate Lord Holy name.Thank you for sharing this!

# Prabhat Kumar 2010-12-16 06:02

It is very clear from seeing the condition of the society --values in the life is require for everyone of us --this lead us to selfless service and compassion for the others. Thanks to Radhanath swami maharaj and cetan bhagat for preaching the need of values.

# umesh 2010-12-16 06:59

Nice to see Radhanath Swami Maharaj's teachings are attracting famous people. With all hopes, they may take to them seriously and in turn can use their fame for helping suffering souls via these teachings.

# sandeep kaimal 2010-12-16 07:14

rock explosion was a real success

# sandeep kaimal 2010-12-16 07:25

wonderful rock concert

# Kuldeep Soni 2010-12-16 07:28

Thanks for sharing.

# rajat 2010-12-16 07:45

Yes, now the youth of India should understand that they cannot LEAD the world by blindly FOLLOWING Western culture. To lead the world they need to respect their roots of values, culure and yoga which is so deeply a part of the Indian culture and by the way which is being acknowledged by eminent people all over the world as so nicely enunciated by Chetan Bhagat. So come on Indian youth stop being indifferent to the heritage and knowledge showered by the Indian saints since times immemorial and start ardently practicing this very ancient and perfect culture. We need not import everything even values from abroad. We still have a lot to give.

# T.Sita Ramaiah 2010-12-16 07:48

One person who takes to spiritual life seriously can attract the power of God to make great changes in the world. H.H Radhnath Swami Maharaj is transforming several lives to take up spiritual life seriously. Maharaj ki jai.

# das krishna daya 2010-12-16 08:41

chetan bhagat has rcvd maha bhagat's association

# kajal Gandhi 2010-12-16 08:47

Thank u for sharing this wonderful interaction..!

# Rajesh 2010-12-16 09:21

Values in life is the foundation on which a strong character can be built.

# bhakti karia 2010-12-16 09:34

very inspiring article, a must read for all, haribol, bhakti

# rajesh karia 2010-12-16 09:36

wonderful article and share of thought and its good to see such established people come for a common cause, haribol, rajesh karia

# shreekanth 2010-12-16 09:51

Radhanath swami's preaching to classes and masses.....

# SIddharth 2010-12-16 09:55

Super-Instructions!

# Abhijit Toley 2010-12-16 10:06

Good to see Chatan Bhagat with Radhanath Swami. We need leaders of society to be spiritually aware and responsible.

# Yadunath das. 2010-12-16 10:20

Thank you for sharing. Mr. Bhagat please continue to spread Krsna Consciousness. You have a very large number of people reading your books. Thank you.

# Vidya Patham 2010-12-16 10:27

Thank you for sharing how Radhanath Swami is making an impact on the lives of present day youth icons.

# Y.Raja Shekar 2010-12-16 10:33

Radhanath Swami inspires every living entity to take shelter of God. Thank you prabhuji for sharing this nice article proving that who ever follows the footsteps of great saints like HH Radhanath Swami will be acquiring the positive qualities.

# Y.Raja Shekar 2010-12-16 10:47

HH Radhanath Swami is very magnanimous and wishes the welfare of every living entity. Often HH Radhanath Swami quotes "Hate the sin not the sinner".

# brad 2010-12-16 11:14

this is great. thanks for the report.

# Vinay Malani 2010-12-16 11:27

Inculcating the right moral, spiritual & cultural values should begin at an early age as we understand from the life of Bhakta Prahlad & Dhruv Maharaj. Radhanath Swami often states that its the primary duty of every parent to provide the right ambience at home so as to cultivate God consciousness in their children. Otherwise, they will grow up to lead sinful lives & become a burden on the society & civilisation at large.

# bipin 2010-12-16 11:51

All Glories To H,H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

Every other person with a celebrity status with a huge following should emulate chetan bhagat, because then, also people who are not naturally attracted towards religion may at least have some likelihood of positive disposition towards religion.

Hare Krishna

# Deepali Boradia 2010-12-16 13:01

Radhanath Swami's projects based on his compassion and love for all, attracts all the rich and the famous.

# Vijay Mathias 2010-12-16 15:00

It is very inspiring to read that a famous writer is motivated to follow a path of God Consciousness.

# Kadamba kanana 2010-12-16 18:48

Wonderful and inspiring article.Thank you so much.

# kumar 2010-12-16 21:02

thank you so much for sharing this

# Mahaprakash Das 2010-12-16 21:48

Its amazing to see people like Chetan Bhagat are getting involved in Spiritual activities.

# Gauri Advani 2010-12-16 22:36

Chetan Bhagat is very good writer and Radhanath Swami is very Pure Devotee combination of two certainly touches the hearts of many. Both are special.

# Gaurangipriya 2010-12-16 23:53

Radhanath Swamis purity attracts everyone

# Bharat Bhavsar 2010-12-17 02:12

Thank you Gurudev to witness my first public performance. I was very much nervous to perform with H.G. Ramsharan Prabhu. But as soon as you glanced on me i felt blessed and fear free to perform skits on that day.
Thank you very much for blessing all over there.

# Anup Shah 2010-12-17 04:32

Radhanath Swami has focused on the root cause of all the diseases. Thankyou for posting!

# ramya 2010-12-17 04:36

Radhanath Swami Maharaj has provided the best guidance to Chetan Bhagat.

# Nirmal Kumar 2010-12-17 05:22

"Create a revolution of values..." - a clarion call to all disciples of Radhanath Swami.

# Ravi 2010-12-17 05:50

Very nice article......Mr Chetan Bhagat is a famous writer & his endeavour for bhakti is really inspiring.....

# Yateen 2010-12-17 06:33

Radhanath Swami's teachings of need of practicing values in life is very important.

# AGd 2010-12-17 06:40

wonderful!!!

# Abhijit Toley 2010-12-17 06:51

Radhanath Swami attracts one and all!

# Shantipur Nath Das 2010-12-17 09:48

hari bol. very good

# vinay rachh 2010-12-17 10:18

Very inspiring talk by both Radhanath swami and chetan bhagat

# Kalpana Kulkarni 2010-12-17 11:01

Its great that young celebrities talk about values. It will motivate the younger generation to think about such things. Radhanath Swami attracts people from all walks of life and it is the responsibility of celebrities to talk about spiritual values and help people/fans who look upto them.

# Meera Sharma 2010-12-17 13:49

Every statement from Maharajah shakes the soul. I wish we all have the iota of understanding the "religion" the way Maharajah does.
"Every soul is in touch with God. To honor and respect that is true religion."

# madhura 2010-12-17 14:35

Thank you for sharing.

# rishi 2010-12-17 15:48

Radhanath Swami is involved in projects to help the whole humanity. Thank you

# Y.Raja Shekar 2010-12-18 02:13

HH Radhanath Swami inspires every one to accept the love of God which is the basic principle for automatically developing all the good qualities.

# Y.Raja Shekar 2010-12-18 02:30

Any intelligent person will immediately follow the preachings of HH Radhanath Swami as they are being spoken with deep understanding,p ractice and realiation by HH Radhanath Swami.

# RAJENDRA DESAI 2010-12-18 06:13

true compassion

# Ravi 2010-12-18 08:30

Nice article.....Radhanath Swami's humility & love is attracting people from all phases of life....

# suresh k 2010-12-18 12:03

modern society is in very much need of spiritual motivators like rahanath swami and if chetan bhagat joins in this mission then its purpose is next to great success,

# madhura 2010-12-18 15:37

Amazing!Thank you for sharing.

# Shra1wiz 2010-12-18 23:34

Radhanath Swami can gel absolutely well with anyone, be it a devotee or a bollywood icon! But for sure they will be come a good devotee pretty soon.

# Ravi 2010-12-19 04:26

Swamiji's qualities are attracting many prominent people of society to him & ultimately to Krishna

# judy 2010-12-19 23:34

Awesome!!!

# Sheetal Maheshwari 2010-12-20 03:37

Its good to hear from famous authors and spiritual leaders like Radhanath Swami about spiritual values who in turn influence the current generation.

# Das 2010-12-20 05:16

Values, which are scarce nowadays, have become precious in this dark age of Kali.

# vinay rachh 2010-12-20 05:34

So nice to see famous people accepting Radhanath swami's instructions

# Anand 2010-12-20 07:13

without values human life is useless

# Aekta 2010-12-20 07:46

Radhanath Swami is an inspiration for everyone. Its wonderful to know that young, contemporary authors are also doing their bit.

# Meera Sharma 2010-12-20 11:46

Maharajah has inspired and is providing guidance to so many people and organization by showing how to integrate spirituality in all aspects of life.

# charu 2010-12-23 08:31

There are many problems in society today but the root cause of all these problems is our forgetfulnes of our relationship with the Supreme Lord and Radhanath Swami is reminding us about the same.

# Vytla 2010-12-23 11:01

Very inspiring to read. Thank you very much for sharing.

# Ydas 2010-12-27 11:58

Mr Chetan Bhagat you are a youth icon and definitely you can help Radhanath Swami spread the message of value system and devotion to the Lord

# Vikas Agarwal 2010-12-27 23:37

Its good to see person like Chetan Bhagat who are well known to the public are making a contribution for the betterment of the society. If other celebrities and well known figures do the same, this world may become a better place to live, with more number of people having moral and real spiritual values, not just religious values. Common man just imitates his/her heroes.

# swapnil 2011-01-03 08:50

Radhanath swami and Chetan Bhagat are doing wonderful service to youth and the society through such festivals

# Amol Kulkarni 2011-01-04 22:38

Thank you Radhanath Swami

# bipin 2011-01-07 10:35

All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

All the eminent personalities should join our society for any cause they can take up, by virtue of which many people who have from even farthest not known what Bhakti is may get to take to its path.

Hare Krishna

# Tallam Sita Ramaiah 2011-01-09 03:18

AIDS is a symptom of a deeper disease. We should save lives through a life of service than a life of selfishness. A person who takes to spiritual life seriously can attract the love of Krishna and bring change in the lives of people. We should endeavour to connect to the value of compassion.

# vidya patham 2011-01-11 10:07

It is inspiring to see young icons of society appreciating Radhanath Swami's spiritual vision.

# madhura 2011-01-12 14:29

Wonderful article.

# Chandrashekar 2011-01-13 05:39

Yes the purity and simplicity of Radhanath swami attracts everyone. Jai!!

# vrajdevipriya 2011-01-17 07:41

Radhanth Swami's teachings is the inspiration behind the Bhaktivedanta Hospital. It is therefore not a surprise that famous authors are willing to join hands and help with their good work.

# Naveen 2011-01-19 21:40

Greatness of Radhanath Swami is that he does all his preaching by his own example, there by attracting people from all strata of life/society.

# Nikhil 2011-01-23 03:02

Nice

# Nikhil Wadhwa 2011-01-23 07:11

nice article

# sharda gokarn 2011-02-02 10:37

Very nice inspiring article. Radhanath Maharaj is also inspiring celebrities like you who can understand the need of the soul.Thank you very much for sharing.

# Vinay Rachh 2011-02-12 01:40

Very nice

# mukund 2011-02-12 12:41

thank you very much

# Naveen 2011-02-14 03:10

Amazing, thanks for sharing.

# Vidya Patham 2011-04-10 03:50

Radhanath Swami is indeed transforming the lives of so many people through his compassionate and loving nature.

# Poonam 2011-04-11 20:41

Thanks for sharing!

# Phani 2011-04-23 23:53

Thank you so much for sharing. Those values are lacking in modern society. We need people like HH Radhanath Swami to cultivate real spiritual values among public.

# anjan 2011-04-26 14:32

very nice to see celebrities supporting such a noble cause organized by swamiji

# Radhasangi Devi Dasi 2011-04-30 07:47

If people who are famous in society take up a genuine cause it will bring about a historic change in the world. Thank you
Radhanath Maharaj and Mr. Bhagat for taking up a genuine cause in the interest of the world.

# Usha Gaonkar 2011-05-02 09:08

Only great souls like Radhanath Swami can bring about a change in our society and inculcate values

# Ankur Sharma 2011-05-04 05:40

Thank you

# Ankur Sharma 2011-05-04 07:17

Thank you for posting this

# Guruprasad Nagarali 2011-05-26 08:23

Thank you for this share

# Amol Kulkarni 2011-05-28 04:52

Thank you so much Radhanath Swamiji for coming all the way in 3 hours traffic.

# pai 2011-05-31 05:22

Thanks a million for sharing

# naresh Jethwa 2011-06-02 08:41

good article....

# Anita Iyer 2011-06-06 23:03

Today's youth can develop all good qualities by taking Radhanath Swami as role model.

# Harivallabha dasa 2011-07-18 22:24

Create a revolution of values, a revolution of character, of overcoming prejudice .... !!

# Ashutosh Mishra 2011-08-17 02:07

HH Radhanath Swami has changed lives of so many people.. celebrities and not so popular... Jai!!!

# Gupta 2011-09-14 12:05

Hari Bol!

# Chandrika 2011-11-07 11:53

Thank you for sharing this with us.

# gopasana 2011-12-24 06:41

a very inspiring and effective combined message for the youth

# Poonam 2012-02-06 13:57

Cool story, thanks for sharing!

# Arjun K Ramachandra 2012-02-09 07:49

Thanks to Chetan Bhagat for emphasizing the dire need of moral values and to Radhanath Swami for imploring us to lead a life of selfless service and compassion.

# Jagannath Dham Das 2012-02-18 05:55

Chetan Bhagat very precisely pointed out how much important its for us to cultivate real values in life & we are fortunate enough to have a guide like Radhanath Swami who is helping us develop these qualities !
Hare Krishna !

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