Spiritual Questions and Answers with Radhanath Swami
Question to Radhanath Swami : How to fix the Problem of Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
Radhanath Swami : In the Gulf of Mexico there is oil coming out of the ground. It is the biggest news of America. Tens and thousands of gallons of oil is coming out into the ocean everyday.
Question to Radhanath Swami : How can one be happy regardless of external situations?
Radhanath Swami : The Srimad Bhagavatam speaks of a great king named Yadu. Once when he was travelling through a forest he saw an Avdhut, a person who apparently was a social outcaste.
Question to Radhanath Swami : Swamiji, my question is not directly related to religion. But some of the biggest challenges facing the world today are the problems caused by religions. What is the solution for this?
Radhanath Swami : I do not see it as a problem of religion. I see it as the problem caused by irreligion in the guise of religion. We have to find what religion actually is.
Question to Radhanath Swami : Many new borns were amongst the Tsunami victims. You may say it’s karma, but how can one be punished when one doesn’t even know what is right and what is wrong? I don’t think what happened was right.
Radhanath Swami : But what is right according to us is not always what happens. We have to understand that the soul in that child has
Question to Radhanath Swami : Isn’t Creativity more important than spirituality for progress?
Radhanath Swami : Creativity is one of the great needs of every human being for satisfaction but creativity is not the foundation. Adolph Hitler was one of the most creative men in history.
Question to Radhanath Swami : What about those people who are doing a single thing wrong in their life and still they are suffering?
Radhanath Swami Answers : Life does not begin when you enter a body. The soul is eternal. If somebody is good, that means they are good in this life. So in the future they are going to have very good results.
