(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 September 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, BYS Lecture – Leadership and Compassion) I am older than all of you, so I have some old songs in…
Author: Amrtavani devi dasi
Amrtavani devi dasi
I find inspiration in the colourful world of Kadamba Kanana Swami, and transcribing his classes is my saving grace. KKSblog provides me with the opportunity to relish the essence of Maharaja's spiritual instruction and take this to others. As an author (and former educator), my passion is introducing Krsna Consciousness to young people at schools in South Africa.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 August 2014, Goloka Dhama, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.5-10) Sudama was a garland-maker who offered Krsna many nice garlands, sandalwood and other things. He used to go…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 August 2014, Swiss Retreat, Switzerland, Candramrta and Candradoya Nataka Seminar) Caitanya Candramrta, Chapter 10 ( 111) Now that Lord Caitanya, His heart filled with mercy, has…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami,June 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, Lecture ) Friendship ultimately means commitment. To make a commitment to another person, not just giving a gift, but to make a commitment that,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2014, Swiss Retreat, Switzerland, Candramrta and Chandradoya Nataka Seminar, Part 4) We don’t know our eternal identity in the pastimes of Krsna at present. You…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2014, Swiss retreat, Switzerland, Candramrta and Chandradoya Nataka Seminar, Part 4) Rupa Manjari is a very intimate associate of Lalita Sakhi, who is a direct…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 August 2014, Swiss Retreat, Switzerland, Vrindavan Evening Lecture) When I came to Vrindavan, Srila Prabhupada had already left the planet. There was a small samadhi. It…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 August 2014, Swiss Retreat, Switzerland, Vrindavan Evening Lecture) Vrindavan is entirely meant for service! Once, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was speaking in the mood of Radharani to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 August 2012, Stockholm, Sweden, Bhagavad-gita 11.8) A devotee is not only interested in seeing Krsna himself. Of course, a devotee wants to see Krsna, but he…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 July 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, Lecture at Govindas) Imagine! Imagine that we had no other duties, only one duty. Imagine that we would be free to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 July 2014, Fruska Goranga, Serbia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.16) When one thinks, ‘Yes, the holy name is powerful. Yes, the holy name can purify everyone,’ that is a shallow…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 July 2014, Serbia, Summer Camp, Caitanya Candramrta Seminar Part 1) Sri Caitanya-candramrta by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Chapter 1, Verse 5: “For those who have attained the merciful…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 May 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, Lecture at Govindas) Did you know that one Tulasi leaf has the same benefit as all the holy places in the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 May 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, Lecture at Govindas) The wall of false ego is cemented by pride – ‘I’ and ‘mine’. When we take pride in…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening program lecture) Jagadananda was a great devotee and he had a very strong individualistic mind. He also had a…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya Lila 22.142) Deal with the challenges – don’t cry. Don’t cry about what happens – just make it better.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 March 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday Lecture) When living beings face death, it is difficult but a person in transcendental knowledge can understand it. How…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila 22.142) I do not have the fix for material problems – I don’t. I also have material problems…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 March 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday Lecture) That is the essence of the Bhagavad-gita – that it can lift us way beyond our expectations, way beyond anything…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, CC Katha Lecture) We have our nature and our nature cannot just be ignored. So part of our focus should be…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) If God is not divine, then what is the point? He must be divine. He must be extraordinary…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) The Supreme Lord is unlimitedly beautiful. But not the sort of artificial external beauty that is kind of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 April 2014, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Initiation Lecture) In the Bhagavad-gita (7.19), we have that verse: bahūnāḿ janmanām ante jñānavān māḿ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) Krsna plays the flute, in an amazing way. Krsna is such a musician that he speaks through…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) Freedom! Where is freedom in this world? Somehow we became disconnected from our real self and therefore we…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 13.3) In spiritual life, we need to keep ourselves safe. We have to think, ”I am not very powerful spiritually. I…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 August 2013, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.90.48) Krsna is depicted as victorious. He is the shelter of all living beings. So yes, surely Krsna is also shelter…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 13.3) Arjuna Acarya was a pundit who was writing a commentary on the Bhagavad-gita, and as he was writing he came…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar) After taking sannyasa, Lord Caitanya just began to dance in great ecstasy and so did Kesava Bharati; he started…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar) If we want to approach Krsna in a mood of friendship, then we must fulfill his desire. An…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar) Lord Caitanya was found to be in an ecstatic state of consciousness, chanting the name, gopi, gopi, gopi! It is said…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar) Part 1 of the Gaura Purnima series. Next article will be “Gopi Gopi Gopi” Adi Lila 13, Text 80 In…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 February 2013, Vrndavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 1) We can look for miracles and there are many throughout the Caitanya Caritamrta. But the real miracle is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) When we look at all the devastation in the world, all the pain and suffering, then we think, “It’s too much! It is!…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) Spiritual life immediately leads to fearlessness. Leaving it up to Krsna. Trusting in Krsna that Krsna will protect us. Krsna will…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2011, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) We have to be ready to be changed by the vaisnavas, by the directions of the vaiIsnavas. We have to be ready to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2011, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) When I speak about different levels of commitment to different levels of authorities, then I’m speaking about a matter of the heart. When…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Sri Hamsaduta Seminar 2) Govardhan, in his role as a devotee, is just ecstatically running towards Krsna, believe it or not! For the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, BYS Lecture) I’m thinking about Carl Jung who in an interview was asked, “Mr Jung, would you say that you believe in…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: Journey of faith) I had been in India and had searched for more spiritual depth but I had not yet…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: Journey of faith) During my stay at the Krsna Balaram mandir, initially I was very impressed by the deities and the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, BYS lecture) There’s a famous story of Alexander the Great who walked into this particular town. Apart from the presence of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, BYS lecture) We have an interesting story about a female saint in the Islamic tradition. One morning, she came out of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 July 2013, Sandton, South Africa, Krsna Balaram Youth Group Lecture) One time, in Jagannath Puri, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Advaita Acarya, “Acarya, where are you coming…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Lalita Sasti Lecture) Krsna’s message must be delivered. Prabhupada made it very clear. Prabhupada came to this world as a messenger…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Lalita Sasti Lecture) This is the prayer of the spiritual master, “May all obstacles be cast aside. For you, may your spiritual…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami Lecture) The beauty of Srimati Radharani is the topmost beauty but it is not ordinary beauty or merely external beauty.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, August 2013, Germany, Hamsaduta Seminar Part 2) The gaudiya vaishnav mood is, “Where is Krsna?” We are always looking for Krsna. We see the six Goswamis were roaming around…