Time of our lives!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2020, ISKCON Simhachalam, Jandelsbrunn, Germany, Table Talks 5 Lecture) In material life, time is the big enemy. Time is the ultimate power and nothing escapes…
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The Golden Avatar
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2018, Durban, South Africa, Northdene Program Lecture) Radharani is known as the soft-hearted feminine counterpart of the Lord. She is therefore very compassionate. Now, Caitanya…
The story of Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture: Deities) In Jagannatha Puri, besides the deity of Lord Jagannatha, there is another famous deity which was the…
Criticising? Think again!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture: Disrespecting Vaisnavas) Once one engages in criticising Vaisnavas, it becomes part of one’s nature. One will do it again…
Saved by the senses
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 September 2017, Camp de Masque, Mauritius, Sunday Program Lecture) Remember our favourite song? What is the favourite song in the Hare Krsna movement? It is the…
Embodiment of real selflessness
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 August 2017, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami Evening Program) Srimati Radharani is wandering in the forests of Vrndavana and she is not entirely in a calm state…
Attracting Krsna to us!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Serving devotees and Srimati Radharani Lecture) More so than us becoming attracted to Krsna, let us do something that attracts Krsna to…
Only a drop of faith
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 4 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Last Journey to London Notes) The sraddha-bindu, the drop of faith that we get from the devotees, is the greatest possession of…
Where is the deepest love?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 August 2017, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami Festival Lecture) Where in the world is love to be found? That love which has been glorified throughout the millennium…
No such thing as separation, we are one in thought!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2018, Durban, South Africa, Northdene Program Lecture) As Radhastami is approaching, we are beginning to think about Srimati Radharani whose pure devotion is unrivaled. No…
Real Shelter
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 6 July 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) Real shelter means to be sheltered from the mind, which is always disturbed; from the senses, which push us…
Janmastami Meditation #3
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 September 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmastami Lecture) It is the day to get absorbed in Krsna, to remember Krsna, to glorify Krsna and to somehow or other,…
Janmastami Meditation #2
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 September 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmastami Lecture) Watch out for the enemies this Janmastami – the bed, the pillar, a comfortable arm chair, soft pillows, the wall.…
Janmastami Meditation #1
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 September 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmastami Lecture) It’s not that we have to fast, it’s just that there is no time to eat because there is too…
Balarama – The Big Brother
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 August 2014, Nove Sady, Czech Republic, Balarama Purnima Lecture) Simply put, the chanting of the Hare Krsna mahamantra is our main interest. In the Holy Name,…
Everything is resting on Balarama
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 November 2018, Talavana, India, Kartik Parikrama Lecture) Lord Balarama carries a plough, used to prepare the ground for planting. Balarama is actually the one who prepares…
Philosophy is our anchor
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 November 2019, Brisbane, Australia, Sunday Feast Lecture) Just like children only want to eat sweets, we only want kirtan. But we must not forget about the…
The mad elephant offence
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture: Disrespecting Vaisnavas) If one commits an offence, one has the duty to denounce that immediately; to denounce the offender.…
We are not God!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture: Mayavada Part 2) We are not at length going to study the Mayavada philosophy or the Buddhist philosophy because…
Sky of Bhakti
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) When we fly to greater heights in the sky of bhakti, we become free from darkness in ourselves. ākāśa…
Sharing the fruits
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 May 2020, Durban, South Africa, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) It is our mission to share the fruits of love of God with everyone – in the form…
Increasing the glories
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) I do not usually cover the topic of disrespecting vaishnavas, as in one sense, it is a distasteful topic.…
Real chanting begins after 16 rounds
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.6) At the time of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, he would say that anyone who does not chant 64 rounds, is…
Media Update!
NEW Kirtaniyah Sada Harih Book & Jarikhanda Album by Kadamba Kanana Swami are in stock! Kirtaniyah-Sada- Harih is an ideal companion for the sincere chanter. In this book, Kadamba Kanana…
Enlivening the great souls
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 May 2020, Durban, South Africa, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) sarvopaniṣado gāvodogdhā gopāla-nandanaḥpārtho vatsaḥ su-dhīr bhoktādugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat(Gītā-māhātmya 6, cited in Bhagavad-gita, Introduction) It is said that there is…
Death – something to think about!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 4 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) Death – something to think about!What does Krsna want?What am I doing to contribute to that?What am I contributing…
Krsna giveth and Krsna taketh away
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 October 2018, Camp de Masque, Mauritius, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1) We have these ‘noise boys’, who are playing all their instruments in the kirtan very energetically. But…
The Flow of Mercy is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Vyasa-puja Address) The flow of mercy is never obstructed, no matter what the situation. We are all in different places during this lockdown but…
The nature of this transcendental culture
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 6 December 2019, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.20) The higher planetary systems have heavenly planets where one can enjoy, but above these celestial planets are…
Even When I am Alone…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 May 2020, Festival of the Holy Name – Global Pandemic Kirtan) Even when I am alone, I am always with Krsna.Even in the middle of a…
Perceiving Krsna through chanting
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 December 2019, Canberra, Australia, Home Program Lecture) Krsna is everywhere because He is all-pervading. Not only is the brahmajyoti (effulgence) of Krsna present everywhere, on which…
Our lack of desire
Our lack of desire turns our whole devotional life into austerity.From the book “Under the Desire Trees” I hear, “Vṛndāvana is so austere. There is so much dust and it…
Vaisnavas are Treasure Houses
Vaishnavas are treasure houses of transcendental mercyKadamba Kanana Swami, YouTube Live Stream, 26 March 2020 This quote was taken from a live stream series of classes discussing Caitanya Caritamrta. Here…
Swallowing the bitter pill
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 February 2020, London, United Kingdom, Bhagavad-gita 9.22) Krsna consciousness is not a dreamy state of mind. Krsna consciousness is about realism. It is about actually seeing…
The more we give, the more we gain
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Home Program Lecture) We may recall that Ramanuja Acarya’s spiritual master sent him to study under a great self-realised sage, and after…
No matter how one turns…
No matter how one turns, no matter where we go, whatever we do, we will always be in relationship with Krsna.Kadamba Kanana Swami, Siksastakam Prayers – Bhakti Center, New York…
Developing strength in chanting
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmashtami Lecture) When we feel that we have no taste for chanting and when we think to ourselves, “Oh I have no…
The current of bhakti
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 September 2017, Phoenix, Mauritius, Sri Sri Golokananda Temple Lecture) If you go to Mayapur and you go on the side of the Ganga to take a…
Carve out time for Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 December 2019, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.20) We see that brahmanas in Vedic culture would refuse to simply take up a job. They just lived from…
Vyasa-puja & book 2020
Even though the Vyasa-puja festival and Kingsday were cancelled this year, the devotees from the ISKCON Durban temple in South Africa made a humble effort to have a private event…
A lesson from the sunrise
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 September 2017, Phoenix, Mauritius, Sri Sri Golokananda Temple Lecture) Haridasa Thakura said that if the holy name is being chanted purely when the cleansing has been…
Separation of Sita from Rama
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 April 2008, Bhaktivedanta Manor, United Kingdom, Rama Navami Lecture) Lord Ramachandra’s attachment to Sitadevi was not one that could be compared to an ordinary husband’s attachment…
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…
The importance of hearing
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.6) Srila Prabhupada makes an important point that hearing and explaining the scriptures is more important than reading them. Why…
Live a little simpler
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 December 2019, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.20) All day, we are talking about money. At work, money is the centre. That is what it is basically…
Every bit of Devotional Service
Every little bit of devotional service that we do now, is a preparation for a greater service in the future.Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 February 2020, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.15.4 Watch the…
Freedom from the grip of kali
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.6) We may think that we are free because we are making our own choices according to our own liking.…
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