Chapati Philosophy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 July 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Zoom Meeting) One day, I was in New York City and as I was walking, I saw a chapati machine. It was…
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Truly extraordinary!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) One of Prabhupada’s intimate followers after Prabhupada’s departure had a period where it was difficult to connect. For many…
Especially sent to help Prabhupada
(Kadamba Kanana, Swami, 25 June 2021, Split, Croatia, Zoom Meeting) Tamal Krishna Goswami was such a brilliant person. He had a sharp brain and he was just such a general.…
Spiritual battery
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 5 June 2021, Radhadesh, Belgium, Disciple Zoom Meeting) What if we would rise early in the morning and what if we would not speak anything mundane for…
Half-baked surrender
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) Somehow, we are struggling to surrender in this movement. And in the end, for our half-baked surrender which was…
Finding a service
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 May 2021, Radhadesh, Belgium, Zoom Lecture) All of us need to find an identity in Krsna Consciousness. We are all servants but we need to find…
Back to basics
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura makes one statement which is a statement that should not be taken cheaply. He says…
Chanting is the only remedy!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Zoom Lecture) The gift of the Holy Name is the greatest treasure because it is Krsna Himself. Everything is contained within the…
Blessings of the entire parampara
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Initiation Ceremony Lecture) With the Mangalacarana prayers, we have invoked the blessings of the entire parampara, coming down from Lord Krsna and…
Make the best of the situation!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 March 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Zoom Meeting) Why try to control the material energy? Why try to manipulate it? Why try to force the hand of destiny?…
Only a spark of Lord Rama’s total splendour
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 April 2008, Bhaktivedanta Manor, United Kingdom, Rama Navami Lecture) In the Srimad Bhagavatam, Lord Rama at one point is compared to a baby elephant, however, this…
Meeting with Krsna in progress!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 April 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Zoom Disciple Meeting) Japa meditation – Do not disturb. Personal meeting with Krsna in progress! It is devotional service that is opening…
Giving disciples a vision
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa-Puja Lecture) In my youth, I came to Krsna consciousness and I had lots of energy and I used it all…
Holy Name just penetrates
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 5 March 2021, Goloka Dhama, Abentheuer, Germany, Preparing For Gaura Purnima Lecture) The soul is buried in layers of consciousness but the Holy Name just penetrates! The…
A great source of bliss
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja Lecture) I appreciate the chanting of sixteen rounds. It is the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that comes through…
Love is based on conquering
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture) Krsna is conquered by all, but most by the devotee who gives the most, who does the most. Love…
Finding happiness amidst struggles
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta 9.36) It is that pure devotional service that can completely satisfy the heart. Therefore, it is attractive. And therefore, the…
A special message
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2021, Zoom Meeting, Sharing Precious Jewels) I am not a very special messenger, but the message is very special! Check out the full lecture here…
Flooding with mercy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja Lecture) Srila Prabhupada would describe how sometimes during the rainy season in Mayapur, the Ganga is flooding its banks…
Don’t toucha my rounds!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Kirtaniyah Sada Harih) My life is hectic, going from one program to another and one place to another. It never stops! But one thing that is sacred…
The goal of life
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja Lecture) I have had the fortune of staying in Vrndavana. There were prices of austerities to pay undoubtedly. I…
Every vaisnava is precious
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja lecture) From doing things for Krsna to looking after people who were doing things for Krsna to looking after…
Touching screen or touching beads?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Morning Lecture) So, let us just look at the phone. Because that is the issue of the day. It is…
Branch of the Caitanya Tree
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta 9.36) Prabhupada explains that ISKCON is a branch of the Caitanya Tree, of that wish-fulfilling desire tree. So, in this…
My first encountering of the Holy Name
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Initiation Ceremony Lecture) When I first encountered the Holy Name, it was in a musical situation. There was a workshop in Amsterdam, some…
Karma – An old-fashioned suitcase
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-Lila 9.36) It is said that there are six whips in the material energy – birth, disease, death, hunger, thirst…
Prabhupada’s Books
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-Lila 9.36) Srila Prabhupada would be found reading his own books. Someone asked, “Srila Prabhupada, you are reading your own…
Forgetfulness & Remembrance
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmashtami Lecture) It is said that the spiritual world is the tripad vibhuti (three-quarters of the manifestation) and the material world is…
Chanting through remembrance
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmashtami Lecture) The reason why we chant without taste or without being attentive is because we are chanting without remembrance of Krsna.…
Destiny – can we change it?
It might be sunny on one side of the street and raining on the other. We may choose to walk on the sunny side, but the rain might come on…
Learning to give
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 November 2018, Adi-Badarinatha, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) In the Age of Kali, it is not going to be that beautiful. It is not possible to just…
Guaranteed to go back home
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Initiation Ceremony Lecture) By taking initiation, there are such powerful blessings which are passed, that practically our journey back to the spiritual…
eParikrama 2020 – Final Meditations
As Damodara masa comes to an end, so does our eParikrama this year. We wish to thank all you vaisnavas for your heartfelt prayers for Maharaja’s speedy recovery and hope…
eParikrama 2020 Day 30 – Vrndavana
We end our eParikrama right here in the Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama Mandir in the heart of Sri Vrndavana dhama. We meditate on the holy dhama through the harinama and pray…
eParikrama 2020 Day 29 – Vimala-kunda, Kamyavana
In 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Vimala-kunda in Kamyavana, which was formed by the loving tears of the daughters of King Vimala. Krsna and His cowherd…
eParikrama 2020 Day 28 – Anjanoka
In 2017 and 2019, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Anjanoka, the birthplace of Indulekha, one of the asta-sakhis who intimately serves Radha and Krsna. Check out Maharaja’s…
eParikrama 2020 Day 27 – Yavat
In 2016 and 2019, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Yavat, where Srimati Radharani was residing in separation from Krsna, after her marriage to Abhimanyu. Check out Maharaja’s…
eParikrama 2020 Day 26 – Adi-Badarinatha
In 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Adi-Badarinatha, where Krsna once brought the residents of Vrndavana instead of going to the Badarinatha in the Himalayas. Present here…
eParikrama 2020 Day 25 – Rama-ghata
In 2016 and 2017, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Rama-ghata, where Lord Balarama performed various pastimes with his gopis, including his rasa dance near the banyan tree…
eParikrama 2020 Day 24 – Unchagaon
In 2016, 2017 and 2019, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Unchagaon, the birthplace of Lalita Devi, who is the most intimate associate of Srimati Radharani. Check out…
eParikrama 2020 Day 23 – Sudevi Mandir, Kamyavana
In 2017 and 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to the Sudevi Mandir in Kamyavana, where we meditate on Sudevi, one of the asta-sakhis. Sudevi was an expert…
eParikrama 2020 Day 22 – Mathura
In 2017, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us on a boat trip on River Yamuna to Mathura, the birthplace of Krsna in this material world about 5,000 years ago.…
eParikrama 2020 Day 21 – Mukharai
In 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Mukharai, which is the village that used to be the home of Radharani’s maternal grandmother, Mukhara. Mukhara sometimes acted as…
eParikrama 2020 Day 20 – Kusuma-sarovara
In 2016, 2017 and 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Kusuma-sarovara, where the gopis used to come collect different flowers and then Srimati Radharani made her vaijayanti…
eParikrama 2020 Day 19 – Kaliya-ghata
In 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Kaliya-ghata, where Lord Krsna jumped from a big kadamba tree (which still stands here) into the Yamuna River, which once…
eParikrama 2020 Day 18 – Pavana-sarovara
In 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Pavana-sarovara, where Lord Krsna would bring his cows while returning from the pastures in the evening. The cows used the…
eParikrama 2020 Day 17 – Radha-Govinda Mandir, Kamyavana
In 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to the Radha-Govinda Mandir in Kamyavana, where we find Vrndadevi, Deities of Radha-Govinda and a hypnotic Lord Jagannatha accompanied by Gaura-Nitai.…
eParikrama 2020 Day 16 – Vrnda-kunda
In 2018 and 2019, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Vrnda-kunda, where we offer our obeisances to Vrndadevi, who while arranging the pastimes of Radha, Krsna and Their…
