“Have you ever had the experience, that when you start reading a book, you get so involved in it that you actually want to slow down because you dont want it to end. Well, this is that book. The freshness of this voice really struck me.”
– Pam Binder
(Pam Binder is president of the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association.)
N Vaghul, Ex Chairman - ICICI Bank
RADHANATH SWAMI’S ACCOUNT describing in great detail his tireless search for truth is fascinating reading and would provide a source of inspiration for all seekers of truth and self-realisation. What is remarkable about this book is its transparent honesty and one marvels at Radhanath Swami’s fearless description of his failings and short comings, fears and anxieties as he went about from place to place looking for the ultimate purpose of life.
In one sense, he could consider himself as fortunate as within a span of couple of years, Read the rest of this entry »
Shiva Rea's Rerview On The Journey Home Book
THE JOURNEY HOME IS A RARE AND INTIMATE VIEW into the initiation and process of becoming a swami through the fire of Bhakti yoga and the extraordinary sacred landscape of India. An inspiring journey for all.
Shiva Rea,
(Yoga Instructor)
Radhanath Swami’s life history is an inspirational road map for an ordinary person. [His] profound vision, intellectual power, strong determination, and extra-ordinary personality is embedded in each page of the book.”
–Venugopal N. Dhoot, Chairman, Videocon Group of Companies
Dr Vasant Lad on Radhanath Swami's The Journey Home Book
I saw Shri Radhanath Swamiji in London at Bhakti Manor; a most loving, compassionate Swami, Guru and devotee. I was deeply touched by his Divine Presence. Recently, I came across his book, “The Journey Home, ” an Autobiography of an American Swami. This book is a profound story of Radhanath Swami’s journey from the material world of temptation, attachment and several difficulties to the innermost innocent spiritual awakening.
What is particularly remarkable about Radhanath Swami’s The Journey Home is the striking detail of his descriptions of his daily existence on the spiritual path…. All of these is set forth in an elegantly clear[language] that completely avoids ambiguity.
– CHARLES S. J. WHITE, PH.D., Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington, D.C.
Lucy James
“If a person does not have an ideal he’s ready to die for, he has nothing really meaningful to live for”. This statement encapsulates the spirit behind Richard Slavin’s journey home – a journey that was all part of a beautiful plan. In reading “The Journey Home – Autobiography of an American Swami”, one is struck by the kind of life that Richard Slavin (Radhanath Swami) led, or rather, was chosen to lead. The events that Radhanath Swami narrates are almost the stuff of fiction, and the reader sometimes forgets that it is an autobiography!
“Journey From Malibu to Mumbai Radhanath Swami’s search for enlightenment is a quest that you will never forget.”
Norman Jewison,
(Canadian film director, producer, actor)
Radhanath Swami is a spiritual leader, author, and public speaker. A practitioner of bhakti-yoga for almost 40 years, he helps individuals find greater inner fulfillment through devotional service
Richard Slavin
“Our little Richie (later Radhanath Swami) is sweet but so strange. Why is he like this?” Gerald and Idelle Slavin often wondered why their little son had strange habits like refusing to sit in chairs, while eating, making his mother wash his clothes again and again until they became old or scraping his new shoes with rocks till they looked worn, sitting on the floor of the backseat of a new car.
Radhanath Swami explains that having better things than others made him feel embarrassed. Such was the unusual childhood of Radhanath Swami, who upon reaching the end of his teenage years embarked on yet another unusual quest – an overland journey from Greece to India. In this search for the true meaning in life, Radhanath Swami realized that the best things in life connect all of us to God and far from feeling embarrassed about them, he is sharing them with everyone.
Swami Prabupada, the famous Vaishnav monk, who founded the Hare Krishna movement in the West, accepted Radhanath Swami as his disciple in the early 1970s. and from the time on wards, Radhanath Swami has pioneered the establishment of monasteries, schools and a Hospital. Radhanath Swami inspired the Mid Day Meal scheme project to provide free nourishing meals to more than 200,000 underprivileged children in Mumbai, India. Barsana Eye Camp is another initiative mentored by Radhanath Swami which helps them restoring vision of up to 1000 patients every year from poverty stricken families in the most economically backward parts of North India.
Further details about Radhanath Swami’s life can be found at www.thejourneyhomebook.com. He travels around the world and frequently lectures throughout the United States and Europe. He is based at Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai, India.
