Chitralekha Magazine - Radhanath Swami speaks to Hiren Kumar Bose on God's relationship with the seeker
 
Do we need God?
When love of God awakens within us. it naturally manifests as compassion towards all beings, transforming greed into generosity, arrogance into humility, vengeance into forgiveness. Sectarianism into appreciation of others, hate into love, envy into compassion It is this transformation that comes through a god-conscious life.
Does God live in rituals?
A ritual is like an envelope that is meant to send a message. Religious rituals are ways of expressing the inner intention of our hearts God sees our intention, our sincerity.
Is there a dummies' guide to getting the right guru?
The vedas teach that a seeker needs to understand the science of finding a Guru. Guru speaks what is in the scriptures. lives by those principles and continues the tradition of saints who exhibited the universal spiritual principles that we have been speaking of.
What is the relationship whit God one should aspire for?
We are naturally attracted to God (or Krishna) when the heart is cleansed of the pollution of egoism. On the path of Bhakti we aspire toenter into a relationship with God in the spirit of unconditional unmotivated love.
 
BTW section - Pg 26, Nov 2009.