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Kadamba Kanana Swami visited Radhadesh after a tour through South Africa and Europe for his Vyasapuja festival. The Vyasapuja and Queensday festivals were about to happen on the 29th and 30th of April. Maharaja gave some preliminary classes that you can enjoy below. If you cannot listen to the classes below then please visit [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Soweto South Africa, 15h April 2012) Lecture: CC Talk How would a devotee know if he/she is ready for initiation? If you want to take initiation then you have to have the desire to do it. First of all it has to come from you, not from us. Not that I’d [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Lenasia South Africa, 15h April 2012) Lecture: BG 6.30 As soon as it gets a little difficult we forget the bigger picture. The bigger picture of course is: ‘na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre,’ (Bg 2.20) The [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Lenasia South Africa, 15th April 2012) Lecture: BG 6.30 There is an ultimate cause for things and there is also an immediate cause for things. In the immediate cause for example, let us say that, I woke up and for some reason I have a disagreement with the temple so I [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133 Fake it until you make it. So in sādhana-bhakti (devotional service in practise) we are trying to act according to devotional qualities, which we may not have! We try to act humble although we are not yet humble! We try to [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133 Madhumangal had a dream a few days ago about Lord Jagannath. Lord Jagannath wanted to go to the temple and so he carried Lord Jagannath on his head and went towards the temple. He wants to know two things. Firstly what [...]
Kadamba Kanana Maharaja returned to Europe on Friday (20 April). His first stop was at Munich temple where he spoke at an evening program. Unfortunately, there are no pictures available of that event. From Munich, he travelled to Switzerland on Saturday. First, he attended the weekly Saturday feast in Langenthal temple (about 90 minutes away [...]
Here is a variety of recordings of HH Kadamba Kanana Swami from his recent visit to South Africa (04 – 18 April). Included are Caitanya Caritamrita classes (Durban and Pretoria), Sunday classes (Soweto and Lenasia) as well as an evening class that was given in Ladysmith. There is also the 2 hour kirtana led by Maharaja [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133 In the presence of the spiritual master we feel inspired, and in the absence of the spiritual master we are gradually losing our enthusiasm. So what can we do? When the spiritual master is present, then there are a lot of [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133 Srila Prabhupada describes how in his youth he was part of a drama performance. He describes how long they rehearsed for this drama, and how he played Advaita Acarya, as well as how much he had to rehearse for this particular [...]
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133 The more we are trying to make offerings for the pleasure of Krishna then the more the atmosphere becomes surcharged with ecstasy! One cannot order an ecstatic kirtan. Sometimes the devotees would be asked to perform on television, and then the producers [...]
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133 It is said that just as the heart is clean the mind is also clean. All the waters were cool and spotless like one’s cleansed and pacified mind.
(Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 13 April 2012, Ladysmith, SA) In all spiritual traditions, including our own, guilt is something we have to look at. Devotees are failing actually, to be up to their desired standard that they wish to be, ‘I know I should be doing this, I know I…I wish I was…I want to…but I [...]
(H H Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31st March 2012, Cape Town, South Africa) Lecture: SB 7.15.26 The etymological meaning of the word ‘guru’ is heavy. So there is some personality sitting on the vyasasana and he is a heavy dude: ‘Okay guys, get your act together! With all this sense gratification, you are just attached to [...]
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 April 2012, Ladysmith, SA) Life is very short and if somehow or other we can spend time with the words of Lord Krsna, then it would bring auspiciousness. Srila Prabhupada used to say that when the Bhagavad Gita is kept in someone’s house then from that day on, the house has [...]
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011) (Transcribed by Smita Krishna Devi Dasi) Some things we have to fix, not just a quota but may also be the time. Some say: ‘Ok! I chant everyday at this time.’ That we fix and you build your life around it, so it does not mean for example, [...]
(H H Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31st March 2012, Cape Town, South Africa) Lecture: SB 7.15.26 The Supreme Lord is omniscient. He is present everywhere. He knows everything. The Supreme Lord knows everything that goes on in the heart of every living being. He knows the thoughts of every creature! Image that, it is a lot [...]
After the Ratha Yatra festival in Durban, Maharaj stayed on for five days. During that time there was a lot of activity. On Thursday (12 April), which happened to be Maharaj’s birthday according to the Western calendar, he was asked to give the morning Srimad Bhagavatam class. However, upon arrival at the temple room, he [...]
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011) (Transcribed by Smita Krishna Devi Dasi) At the time of initiation, we are receiving diksa or transcendental knowledge. Such transcendental knowledge means that we understand that: ‘bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ’, (Bg 7.19). After many life times, we come to [...]
(H H Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31st March 2012, Cape Town, South Africa) Lecture: SB. 7.15.26 The spiritual master sees himself as a fallen soul and as: ‘I am somehow or other trying to be a good instrument and I am falling short in so many ways.’ But others don’t see it like that! They don’t [...]
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