Q&A with KKS: First trip to Vrndavan
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Q&A Programme) How did you go to Vrndavan? Is this when you took up Krsna consciousness seriously? I was walking with the cows…
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Q&A with KKS: First acceptance of Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Q&A Programme) Can you capture the moment when you accepted Krsna as the ultimate truth. Because many of the sadhus I met in India…
Q&A with KKS: First connections
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Q&A Programme) When was the first time you connected with someone within the realm of Krsna consciousness? How did that develop into…
Q&A with KKS: First trip to India
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Q&A Programme) What was it that first gave you the idea to travel to India? What was the inspiration behind going there…
Q&A with KKS: Early life
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Q&A Programme) Can you talk about your early life? What recollections do you have about your childhood and your family? I am…
Reach Krsna through Vaishnavas
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Q&A Programme) How do we know if Krsna is pleased with our service? We serve Krsna under the guidance of the Vaishnavas; the Vaishnavas…
Our love for Prabhupada
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2009, Vrindavan, India, Lecture) Love means to put our ideas aside for someone else. When we love someone, we will put our own agenda aside and…
Janmastami is coming
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 August 2014, Goloka-dhama, Germany, Janmastami, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.41.6-10) We remember the pastime of when Krsna first came to Mathura and he met a garland-maker, Sudama,…
Strive for bhakti yoga
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Q&A Programme) In this age, which path of yoga (karma, jnana or bhakti) should we follow? Karma yoga basically means that we engage…
The incarnation of beauty
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 June 2016, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 25.57) The all blissful Supreme Personality of Godhead is eternally young and not plagued by any imperfections, not plagued…
Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day Lecture 2016
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 August 2016, Zadar, Croatia, Balarama’s Appearance Day Lecture) Kirtan is our meditation. We can meditate on so many things – freedom, sex, money, etc. but meditation…
Willingness to change
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture) How can we help people deal with their aggression and anger? This is dependant on the seriousness of one’s…
Live and let live
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture) How do I deal with a relationship where there is a lot of friction? Such things are all a…
Genuine appreciation
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 September 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) The more the eternal associates of Krsna develop their love for Krsna, the more they also develop their…
Stand up for Krsna!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 February 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.19.4) If we want to be counted amongst the saints, we must have the courage to stand up for…
Inspire through love and sacrifice
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Human Relationships Lecture) Question: What is the most appropriate way to inspire your spouse towards Krsna consciousness? With a lot of love!…
New Books, CD’s and a Digital Album
The Vyasa-puja came and went and the sounds of the holy name still vaguely resound from the Kingsday. Time moves pretty fast. If you don’t look back once in a…
Learning to be tolerant
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.20) Tolerance is a quality of the mode of goodness, which is the mode of detachment. This is in contrast…
We are here by grace!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.20) We have been given the gift of the holy name, but actually, we are given even more than that.…
Krsna’s mercy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2015, Vrindavan, India, Video Interview) When the living being turns away from Krsna then suffering begins. Happiness only exists in the relationship with Krsna so when…
Vaisnava forgiveness
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 January 2015, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.16) It is because we are proud, because we claim to know everything, because we are lazy, because we…
An amazing movement of amazing people!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Human Relationships Lecture) You cannot become saintly by declaration, “From this day on, I will be saintly!” Good luck, this sounds like…
From shallow to profound!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Govinda’s Program Lecture) Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare This mahamantra is…
My dream
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 April 2015, Radhadesh, Belgium, Culture Festival Lecture) I think it would be really nice if my disciples would have real, genuine relationships amongst each other –…
Spiritual wealth
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2011, Sydney, Australia, Lecture) If you come to the temple once a week, that is spiritually poor! It’s a poor lifestyle. You don’t get much spiritual…
Miracles of Nimai
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 January 2018, Murwillumbah, Australia, Home Program Lecture) From the very beginning, Nimai showed transcendental features as a child. For instance, he was showing the footprints of…
Meditate while chanting
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2008, South Africa, South Coast Retreat) We must go deeper in our meditation. Chanting is to be accompanied by meditation, so we must meditate on who Krsna…
The pressure to be super good!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.52) Humility is something alien in the modern world. We had a comic in Holland; I saw it as a…
Defining love
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2016, Vrndavana, India, Bhagavad-gita 3.34) It is interesting that when speaking of prema (pure love for Krsna) in the Srimad Bhagavatam, the example is given…
Evaluate
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture) Human relationships become meaningful when Krsna is the priority. It is not good enough when Krsna is simply there…
Blessings of the vaishnavas
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 December 2017, Gold Coast, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 8.20) At the end of our lives, there will be a weighing scale to see if we have enough to…
Illusory beauty
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 March 2015, Stockholm, Sweden, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.1.4) After years of chanting, we may stop and say, “Why am I doing this? I don’t feel like it…
Carrying the vaishnavas
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 April 2011, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture) Srila Prabhupada wrote two letters after the departure of his spiritual master. In the first letter, he said,…
Curbing pride with intelligence
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 February 2016, Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.21) After the Govardhana pastime, Krsna went to Govardhana Hill to inspect the damage done by Indra’s thunderbolts.…
The evolution of consciousness
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 January 2018, New Govardhana, Australia, SB 1.2.15) As soon as we enter into the material body, the body begins to dictate many strong needs which are…
An eternal resident of the spiritual world
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 December 2017, Gold Coast, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 8.20) We must try to properly glorify Srila Prabhupada in order to understand his unlimited spiritual potency. Srila Prabhupada was…
Who are we trying to impress?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 July 2012, Modra, Slovakia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1) All throughout history, people have tried to impress other people. Some men have been wearing high hats. Some ladies…
Real nourishment
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 May 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, College of Vedic Studies Retreat Lecture: ‘Krsna Consciousness in the Real World’) The other day I was remembering Srila Prabhupada’s statement of…
Eternal relationships
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.6.40) Sometimes, some souls stay together for a number of lifetimes in different relationships. It depends; they may not…
Forevermore
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.6.40) I was listening to a lecture of Srila Prabhupada and Prabhupada said, “Love is for Krsna.” We think…
The past, present and the future
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 January 2018, New Govardhana, Australia, SB 1.2.15) Krsna knows the past, present and the future. He knows us better than we know ourselves because we actually…
Spiritual health
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 October 2017, Canberra, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.27.25) Ayurveda is very nice because it is the science of long life. Ayur means life and basically, the idea…
The boundaries of movie watching
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.19.25-32) We have to be very careful when it comes to sense enjoyment. Even though it is allowed, it must…
Super-human
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 January 2018, New Govardhana, Australia, SB 1.2.15) It is extremely nice to explore Krsna because he is a personality who constantly moves between being very human-like…
GDPR – The EU Privacy regulations
You are probably aware or must have heard about the coming GDPR regulations that will go in effect on May 25th 2018. From this date the new EU law governs…
Vyasa-puja Festival 2018 – Media
The Vyasa-puja & Kingsday festival happened again in Radhadesh & Amsterdam from 26-30 Apr 2018. Here you can find an overview of all the media that was recorded during those…
The spiritual world is here!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 December 2017, Gold Coast, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 8.20) There is another world than the one we live in. It is transcendental and is not subjected to the…
Protecting ourselves
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.26 – 30) We really have to take responsibility for our own Krsna consciousness; to make arrangements for…