Sharon Gannon
BOOKS LIKE THE JOURNEY HOME provide us with a profound opportunity to enter into presence—to have satsang—with spiritual seekers, saints, and holy beings through reading about their lives. This can cause a transformation of our whole being because we become like the company we keep.
Sharon Gannon,
(Author, Jivamukti Yoga, And Vegetarianism)
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.
Radhanath Swami (http://radhanath-swami.net) book is glorious
Dear Reader,
Radhanath Swami has been a great inspiration in my life. He is one of the persons whom I cherish the most. When his words enter my hears it takes away all the anxieties, stress etc. which are difficult to overcome. People take anti-depressant tablets to try and overcome the pressure the face in their daily life but Radhanath Swami can take that away from you within seconds. His other sites like http://radhanathswamiweekly.com also carry some amazing stuff which you must go through to get more inspiration in life.
“The Journey Home” is inspiring and it shows that spiritualism is not a shallow faith but a deep faith with determind attitude of the seeker.
If you want to know more about HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj on following web sites:
http://veoh.com/collection/bhakti/watch/v10581482BpWNWKq or http://richardslavin.com
Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s life is indeed very exemplary as borne by his book Journey Home. His quotes posted on http://radhanathswamiquotes.com are also very inspiring & thought provoking
Radhanath Swami is great Vaishnav saint who always “practices what he preaches”.In my individual experience I have watched many great saintly personalities across faiths but none could match the Purity in Values which Radhanath Swami carries.He “walks his talk” as they say in Management jargon. You can learn more about him on http://radhanathswami.org/Radhanath_Swami_Gallery.html
The book is so inspiring and wonderful .I happened to gift it to one of my friend and he liked it so much. He said this book is priceless and gives u a direction to think positively.
[...] The Journey Home is a generational classic. It portrays an American teenager’s search for meaning and fulfillment in the turbulent world we live in. He travels across Europe, the Middle East and into the mystical world of India. It’s a tale of adventure, humor and love. I recommend the Journey Home as a must read for seekers of all sorts. [...]
The autobiography of Radhanath Swami is a gem of a book which will bring a lot of positivity in our life & teach us to how to face different situations in life with grace & determination. It will also definitely lead to inner fulfillment of our higher consciousness & help us to be a better person.
After reading the ‘Journey Home’ I can say that I was fortunate to get it as gift from my friend. It is really marvelous read. In today’s society we see that many people do not care about God and create suffering for themselves and others because of exploiting mentality. Here in this book we find that how God reciprocates with those who want to know him. The spiritual Journey of HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj depicts from start to end that how God helps those who really want to know Him.
I can also see that what wonders a sincere soul can do for humanity. The sincere desire of Radhanath Maharaj to know God and to follow on the path leading to kingdom of God has not only brought Radhanath Maharaj to the most sublime path but while walking on this path Maharaj is helping hundreds and thousands in true sense – by making them happy.
My heartfelt thanks to HH Radhanath Maharaj for sharing such nectar with the world.
At the end I can just say that “Journey Home is thrilling story and most amazing part of it is it is Real……….THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ALL”
Anil Timbe
Senior Consultant
Geometric Inc.
Fort Collins Colorado USA
The journey Home , an autobigraghy of of an American swami Radhanath swami is the book which tells in every situation how we can learn a good lesson for our life and every situation in life is a divine arrangement of lord—and so many things we can learn. My request is that please go through this book at least one time in life .—–.
I thank Radhanath swami for writing his autobiography .
No one I know of could put this book down before reading through it completely. One thing is certain – God does guide one if one is willing to listen. An amazing book by Radhanath Swami. No wonder everyone – all over the world – is talking about this book and this person.
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.At the age of only nineteen, Radhanath Swami left his home in America seeking adventure and spiritual knowledge. After trekking across Europe for months, Swami Radhanath reached his long hoped for destination: India. After living there for many years as a sadhu or wandering monk, Radhanath returned to America in order to share the sacred knowledge and wisdom he had learned from the many holy men and women he had met there. It was an extraordinary choice, given what Radhanath had survived to get there: a journey filled with bizarre characters, mystical experiences, and dangerous adventures. The story is recounted in his recently published memoir The Journey Home – Autobiography of an American Swami. Reviewers have called Radhanath’s saga “at once an engaging yarn, a love story, and the evocation of a transcendent paradise in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor.
Radhanath Swami emerged from his years of travel wanting to explain for others the beauty and rewards of a life devoted to God, and therein lay a dilemma. Radhanath Swami’s many followers and friends describe him as completely selfless and consequently unwilling to take credit for his work and restless when a spotlight is focused on him. By choosing A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (1896-1977), a Bengali Vaishnava Saint, as his guru (after declining offers of initiation from several tyagis or renunciants in the Himalayas), Radhanath Swami cast his fate to the wind, cut his matted locks, and entered back into the society.
RadhanathMaharaj.net gives us a complete collection of the teaching of Radhanath Swami. Teachings consists of Transcriptions of lectures delivered by Radhanath Swami at various places. This website is to inspire the followers of Radhanath Swami to practice the philosophy of Vaishanavism.i love guru maharaj very much
More we read the book more we feel like reading again…such a amazing n real story!….
people from different following are also very much appreciative of Radhanth Swami Maharaj’s book which is just another proof of how much the book is intersting and a must read for all!!
You should start pursuing a career in article writing. Greatly written.
Yes book is very nice.Radhanath swami has associated with all types of people.Still he maintained himself as a perfect saint.
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Very nice comments for Radhanath Swami. They are very true.
My son Anuj is hooked on to Harry Potter. After he read Journey home he mentioned it is much better than Harry Potter.
The book reflects the sincerity of the author to share his realisations with the reader. Worth reading, and then re-reading, and then again doing so.
This book sounds like it is heavily influenced by Hinduism. I would love to read it.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for writing such a wonderful book on your journey home.
Thanks for your honest review. Especially for emphasizing on the importance of good association.
The Journey Home is the book for one and all.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for writing such a wonderful book on your journey home.This shows us that life is full of obstacles & miseries,but if we are sincere,we can cross all obstacles. This book inspires us to be SINCERE.
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This comment tells about associating with the author while reading the book…So amazing if we can also get a drop of oceanic qualities of Radhanath Swami just by reading “Journey Home”!
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very true through this book by Radhanath Swami , we get the association of so many saints.
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This book seems to be like a unlimited treasure box – so many spiritual gems that can simply upgrade our quality of life. I have reading the meditations written from this book @ http://www.radhanath-swami.net/ for a year now and just amazed!
Radhanath Swami is such a great Vaishnav who practice whatever he says.
The Journey Home Book should made a text book in all the universities for all students to read.
So true, this book has touched many peoples heart in one way or another to inspire them for a higher and deeper level of living…
very true – this book has a great potential to transform as it offers us a chance to associate with saints…
Well said… Journey Home book is priceless gift for the humanity.
Radhanath swami’s book is such an inspiration for all.
Thank you for this post.
very right!
“The Journey Home” is very inspiring and shows that spirituality is not a shallow faith but a deep faith with determined approach of the seeker.
You may visit the following web sites:
http://veoh.com/collection/bhakti/watch/v10581482BpWNWKq or http://richardslavin.com
What Miss Gannon says is absolutely true!
‘The Journey Home’ is filled with realizations of a true spiritual seeker and so it touches the heart of every reader and has immense potential of transformation in our life. One can learn confidence in Lord and genuine sincerity through this book. It shines lamp of hope in our heart. Sincere thanks to Radhanath Swami for sharing such wodnerful treasure with us. We are indebted to Him for this contribution.
The book deserves all praise.Through diifrent types of experiences in a land totaly unknown to him,still his determination to find the truth made all the difference.Nice comment for nice book.
Great Book!
very true
Beautiful review – association is the key!
Beautiful review.
Thank you for your wonderful comments about the Journey Home book.
nice and sweet comments!!