Maha-large
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa, House Program) Srila Prabhupada came to the Western world. In the Western world, he began his movement and after a short…
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I am a high school teacher based in Pretoria, South Africa. I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to transcribe the words of Kadamba Kanana Maharaj for KKSBlog as it helps focus my mind on his transcendental words.
Potency personified
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa, House Program) Tonight, we will perform this kirtan-yajna. It is the recommended yajna for this age. It is more potent than…
Tree huggers
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 August 2014, Krišnův dvůr, Czech Republic, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.43) Wherever Prabhupada went, everything became transformed, everyone became transformed! I went to Matchless Gifts a few years…
The desire box
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 May 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, Bhagavad-gita 7.20) Question: We have those other material desires and still we should engage in devotional service with determination. Can you…
Dirt in the soap box
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 May 2014, Czech Republic Temple, Bhagavad-gita 7.20) Actually material desires are not our problem because material desires will be washed away by devotional service. It is offences…
A preacher’s exit
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75) I will tell you the story of André. Some of you may have heard it… There was a…
Saving Private Junkie
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75) Sometimes, it is nice to remember that kind of magic shortcut of giving out the mercy. It is amazing…
The mayavadi’s service
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.14) Everything ultimately reminds us of Krsna and attachment to Krsna becomes very deep. This is where philosophy comes to life.…
Can’t get no satisfaction?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.49-50) I like in the Bhagavad-gita that when austerity is mentioned – there is the austerity of the body, austerity…
What have you hidden in your heart?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 April 2014, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: The real meaning of charity) Charity begins at home! It begins with us being generous not only with our money…
Birthday blues
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.49-50) In India, in village life, some people grow up very simple. When you ask them, “How old are you?”…
Rain of mercy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.49-50) We must, somehow or other, connect to Krsna and that changes everything. We had this one kirtan, a Ratha…
Best of the best
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.49-50) We see that Srila Prabhupada also had a positive outlook. He was seeing how nice it is that there…
Acquiring Krsna’s qualities
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.6.11) sarva mahā-guṇa-gaṇa vaiṣṇava-śarīre kṛṣṇa-bhakte kṛṣṇera guṇa sakali sañcāre (CC Madhya 22.75) This verse is saying that all the good…
Faculty of Sainthood!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, BYS Lecture) A saint in one tradition,one morning came out of the house, carrying a bucket with fire and a…
Inconceivable karma
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.52) Karma arranges amazing things – amazing, inconceivable things. How could it all come about? There is the karmic story…
Seeing spiritual reality
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.52) Because we are in the spiritual world, we are not really here in this material world. We’re only here…
Searching for signs
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 December 2013, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.10.24) One journalist came to Srila Prabhupada. He had done some homework. He said to Srila Prabhupada that he heard…
To be or not to be… vegan?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.1) More and more devotees are becoming vegan because they say milk is not pure; so much cruelty to the…
Our best friend
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 December 2013, Midrand, South Africa, Evening Lecture) Prabhupada was saying, “How did this miracle happen to me? I’m an old man, I’m an old man. I…
Glory be to Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 December 2013, Midrand, South Africa, Evening Lecture) It is the nature of Krsna that he wants to give the glory to his devotee because Krsna serves…
Your body is your temple
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 December 2013, Midrand, South Africa, Evening Lecture) To be part of this movement means to become thoroughly honest, it is said. Thoroughly honest, it is not…
Priceless
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 December 2011, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.13.46) When Krsna puts jewels on his body, the jewels get more beautiful. Usually it’s the other way…
To remember Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 November 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Talk) Philosophy helps us to remember how everything is connected to Krsna, even when we forget him all the…
Moving toward neutrality
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 July 2013, Vrndavana, India, Bhagavad-gita 14.22-25) So when we are looking at the first of these four verses (BG 14.22-25), prakāśaḿ ca pravṛttiḿ ca moham eva…
The great philosopher Uddhava
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 November 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Talk) One maybe, or may not be, a great philosopher like Uddhava. Uddhava was a great devotee from Dwarka…
The most important person
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 September 2013, Lenasia, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) We have temples where we can associate of devotees and get new inspiration because after all, this is…
Dedication to devotional service
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 December 2011, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.14.2) The internal energy is the activity or the energy that pleases Krsna. It is the pleasure potency…
Glorification and distribution
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 February 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.34) Sometimes, making money took over. There was a time when the feeling was that if we sell records, then…
Do you have too many bangles?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 July 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Bhagavad-gita 14.21, Sunday Feast Lecture) There is a story about a young girl in India who was of marriageable age…
Becoming an assistant
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami) Srimati Radharani is the perfect answer to all of Krsna’s desires. Only she can fully satisfy the desires of Krsna.…
Cows who eat together…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 September 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa, Home Program) One time, we were in Durban and Giriraj Maharaj was there. We were taking prasadam with the devotees and…
Taking shelter
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 September 2013, Lenasia, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) When should a person approach a spiritual master for initiation into Krsna consciousness? One must first get situated…
Priests and pumpkins
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 September 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa, Home Program) When having a small get-together, the idea is that some blessings are exchanged. We don’t know the workers who…
Unlimited purity
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami) Here in this world, we are all limited by karma. Some of us have a nose that is too big.…
The spiritual master
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 September 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa, Home Program) Continued from “No ordinary gifts” As a sannyasi, I don’t have so much to give but we can spend a little time…
No ordinary beauty
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami) In Vrndavan, in one of the forests which is known as Kamyavana, there is place called Mohini-kund. Once in this…
No ordinary gifts
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 September 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa, Home Program) There are favourable principles described: dadāti pratigŗhnātiguhyam ākhyāti pŗcchatibhuńkte bhojayate caivaṣaḍ-vidhaḿ prīti-lakṣaname, (Nectar of Instruction, Verse 4) It is said…
Vyasa Puja Offering to Srila Prabhupada
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 August 2013, Abenthuer, Germany) om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakayacakshur unmilitam yenatasmai sri-gurave namahDear Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. You once…
Great faith
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2013, Vrndavan, India, Student Talk) After Srila Prabhupada left Vrndavan, he tried to preach in the Western world. It wasn’t easy; it is not just…
Deeply rooted
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 July 2013, Vrndavan, India, Bhagavad-gita 14.22 – 25) Devotional service itself is the means to become absorbed. So, Gaudiya vaisnavas do not need to spend so…
Steps to becoming brave
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 December 2012, Phoenix Ratha Yatra, South Africa, Q&A Lecture) Well, I have been thinking about a metaphor. I call it the step-by-step metaphor. In material life,…
The long road ahead
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 April 2013, Korsnas, Stockholm, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.17.1) Life is in one sense short and in another sense, long. When life is behind you, it is very…
The constant companion
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 April 2013, Korsnas, Stockholm, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.17.1) I like the story of Sanatana Goswami who, as a young man, had a dream of how a brahmana came…
Attracting special mercy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 May 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.6.41-42) Question: Maharaja, our services and chanting are all absolute because our ultimate aim is to please Krsna. So, why does…
Losing all glory
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 May 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.6.41-42) If we don’t get absorbed in the sankirtan spirit, we may still remain very self-centred because we are so fallen. If…
Transcendental trickery
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 May 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium, Venu-gita Talk) This devotee in Bombay complained to Prabhupada that he didn’t like Indians. And Prabhupada said, “Oh, you don’t like Indians?”…
Humility through intelligence
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium, Free Lecture) Question: Maharaj, you made a comment in reference to Lord Indra, that he should have controlled his pride with intelligence.…
