Beyond repression
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 February 2016, Bhaktivedanta Manor, United Kingdom, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.21) Our process is not repression, it is not just simply abstinence – to give up illicit activities…
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Harsarani devi dasi
It is an honour to be working as part of the KKSBlog team. I find great pleasure in transcribing since it allows for me to serve everybody around the world and make a connection with Kadamba Kanana Swami by meditating on the contents of his classes.
An instrument of Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 April 2016, Radhadesh, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.8.14-16) It is said sometimes that anger is the younger brother of lust. First, there is our desire to control. We want a…
Ultimately for Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 April 2016, Radhadesh, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.8.14-16) Demoniac tendencies remain with the living being for a very long time. Even when we take on the process of devotional…
The demon within
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 February 2016, Bhaktivedanta Manor, United Kingdom, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.21) It is true that there is that inner animal within us. The animal that we hide. The…
Nitai-pada-kamala
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 February 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, Caitanya-Caritamrta Adi-Lila 1.2) It is said that the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda are more cooling than millions of moons and…
We belong in the Holy Dhama
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2004) I always tell devotees that we should understand that Vrindavan or Mayapur is our home! This is where we live and now at one point, when…
A book can do it!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.55) People are hankering to be devotees! Yesterday, in the morning, I was going for a walk and there was this…
Shelter
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 October 2012, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.12.24) When a devotee is close to Krsna then Krsna is also close to the devotee. But if we think, “Yes,…
Glorious devotees
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.6) When the disciples of Prabhupada saw him lying on his bed, in his final days, they said, ‘How…
Affection based on service
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8) One should never think that we possess anything in this world, not even our children. Our children are independent…
Faultless
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 March 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.26) The spiritual master sees himself as a fallen soul, as trying to be a good instrument and…
A favourable time to attract mercy!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) In Kartik, we will try for pure devotional service. In this month, one can take vows to perform some special service because this…
The twenty-four hour kirtan in Vrindavan
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 October 2012, Vrindavan, India, Ramachandra Vijayotsava, Lecture) Kirtan is emphasized as more important than japa because in the chanting of kirtan, one is bestowing mercy upon…
Relationships ARE complicated
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 October 2012, Cronulla, Australia, Program at Yoga Studio) One of the qualities of a devotee is kṣamā which means forgiveness. In this world, every relationship must…
All for Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.36) Real security is with Krsna. The more one places his faith in Krsna, the more everything becomes successful. This…
Focus on Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2011, Helsinki, Finland, Lecture) It is said that from all services, the chanting of Hare Krsna is the first and foremost. It is the most important. Of…
Give credit to others
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.36) How can we always remain appreciative in association of devotees? Sometimes, we lose it so how can we stay always…
Eyes anointed with transcendental love
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 September 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 11.31.24-28) It is said in the Bhagavatam that the pastimes of Krsna are covered by darkness and cannot be…
Get serious
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 June 2013, Czech Summer Camp, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.2.33) We should get serious now. Our time is running out! We must increase our devotional life and that…
The highest state of love
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 June 2015, New York, USA, Bhagavad-gita 9.33) I remember in Vrindavan when we were listening to a lecture in our temple, sometimes there were a lot…
Looking back
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 June 2015, New York, USA, Bhagavad-gita 9.33) When I was a kid, I was quite wild. One of my favourite games was to take a ball,…
The main substance
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 May 2015, Brisbane, Australia Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.42) The different acharyas are spiritual masters who may place emphasis on different things. But still, all are sitting at…
Time, place and circumstance
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 May 2015, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.42) Srila Prabhupada was such a loving personality whose love for Krsna was so deep but his love would also…
Your realizations
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 May 2015, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.42) Question: How do you preach from realization? There is scripture and then there are the acaryas who have given their realizations…
A desire tree
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 May 2015, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.42) Yesterday, at the Sunday program, I mentioned that chanting changes us internally and it awakens our love for Krsna…
Restart
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 February 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.19.4) There was one devotee who had sort of given up spiritual standards for a while and I was…
Become refreshed!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 November 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) Krsnadas Kaviraj Goswami describes how the tongue is desert-like… always dry and in constant need of an endless flow…
Waves of inspiration
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 March 2015, Stockholm, Sweden, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.1.4-8) We have to understand that in the spiritual life, we have to rely on knowledge but more so, we…
Self help?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 May 2012, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) I used to live in Vrindavan a long time ago. In the rural areas, the medical facilities were sometimes worse than…
We are in this together…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) This morning, I opened my lecture with the topic of sex life because we have these material bodies. Prabhupada said in the Srimad…
It runs in the family
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.19.26) I was reading Chanakya Pandit’s Neeti-Shastra. It was a long time ago that he wrote it, when he…
The lotus of the mercy of the Lord
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2013, London, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.5.13) In the sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the lotus is now fully opening. śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaḿ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam,(Siksastakam, verse 1) In…
It saves lives
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.19.26) Prescribed duty does not exactly sound like following the path of ecstasy. It sounds like, “Oh, I do…
Krsna gives us beyond our dreams
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 January 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium, Radhadesh Mellows Class) If we simply chant in the mood of being Krsna’s servant: Krsna is my whole life… all my energy…
The casting of the Panca Tattva
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2014, Mayapur, India, Youth Class Lecture) I was invited by Ganga Prabhu for some Italian lunch. I was in his house and then at one point,…
Mercy and service
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 February 2013, Vrndavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 3) So, we are looking at mercy. Lord Caitanya is very merciful. Lord Nityananda is described to be more…
Touched by some shakti
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2014, Mayapur, India, Youth Class Lecture) At Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance festival, there was one lady who spoke and she was describing how she was a kid…
Bringing peace
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Srila Prabhupada was working and still he was very conscious of Krsna. As a householder, in 1944, in…
One who does good is never overcome by evil
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 November 2014, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.19) We have seen cases where devotees were murdered. I know of a devotee who was murdered whilst chanting japa; it…
Developing love for Krsna is our topmost goal
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 November 2014, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.19) To be free from sin, is the secondary result of bhakti. It is a secondary benefit of bhakti. Of course, we want…
The austerity of the mind
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.20.12) It is said that as long as Krsna was gracing the planet; everything was auspicious, opulent and widely…
The perfect soul mate!?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 September 2012, Pretoria Arts Campus, South Africa, Lecture: The perfect soul mate) Love and hate are kind of natural sentiments in this world; everyone has it.…
Where can you get such eagerness?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Srila Gaura Kisora Das Babaji did not want to sleep. Sleeping is such a waste of time. But sleep is such…
Why is the guru heavy?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 March 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.26) The etymological meaning of the word ‘guru’ is heavy. So is it, that there is some personality…
Look for common ground
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Question: Can we have Krsna katha with Muslims and Christians? Will that change their hearts and make them…
How to please Srila Prabhupada
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Question: Please tell us the best way to please Srila Prabhupada and our spiritual master? In any given…
Changing ashram
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 June 2013, Czech Summer Camp, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.2.33) Sometimes, household life is compared to a deep dark well in the scriptures. It maybe that one is…
Is dishonour worse than death?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, January 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.9.4) It is said in the Bhagavad-gita that dishonour is worse than death! So one who has fallen down, such as…
