Author: Kadamba Kanana Swami

Satsvarupa das goswami is an avid writer and a well known personality in the history and present day of ISKCON. Satsvarupa das Goswami is a writer, artist and spiritual master…

The Braja & Vrindavan parikrama’s are the perfect opportunity to delve deeply into the pastimes of Krishna, Radharani, the cowherd boys and the gopi’s. And again, in 2018, you can…

Kadamba Kanana Swami: Recently, I received this photo. It was a school excursion. We went out for a day on a boat tour through the city of Amsterdam. I was…

Dear Vaisnavas, friends, my family and all, I want to express my gratitude to all of you for your kindness, your prayers and good wishes in this trying time. It…

23 February 2016 Sometimes you are on top of the elephant And sometimes the elephant is on top of you I am fortunate that I have Krsna and the Vaisnavas, that…

Between Hari Nama Sankirtana and the mercy of Giriraja Govardhana, the European summer becomes a transcendental one. It is so simple to transform a material situation into the spiritual world,…

The kirtans were very sweet and prayerful, beautiful melodies drawing everyone to Krsna. My own kirtan got everyone dancing. It was fun! This picture of Krsna, full of love for this…

The whole world is full of festivals dedicated to Krsna and miracles happened; we have seen it with our own eyes. In the former Yugoslavia, in the 80s, there was…

My dear Brahmananda Prabhu, I bow down to your lotus feet again and again. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The dreaded day has come, you have left the planet! In…

A journey of faith – from Amsterdam to Vrindavan, is the theme of the evening. It is kind of using my life as a means of showing how an ordinary person,…

By Kadamba Kanana Swami  Ayurveda There’s not much going on externally. It’s a health retreat. Confined by bodily limitations. So there are no travels, no programs but rest, some exercise,…

(Latest Report by Kadamba Kanana Swami – 17 November 2012, Mumbai, India) Govinda, who gives pleasure to the cows and senses, has His silver cows. The Bhagavatam describes that the…

Lecture given by Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 10th July 2012, Fruska Gauranga Summer Camp We’re reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam, 6th canto, 1st chapter entitled, “The History of the life of…

Nrsimha Caturdasi 2012- New Simachalam, Germany  My relationship with Lord Nrsimhadeva  I was staying in Mayapur when we decided to install Lord Nrsimhadeva and at that time I was responsible for all the construction in Mayapur. So we were all…

A lecture given by His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Maharaja on April 18th 2012, in Pretoria, South Africa Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Adi Lila, Chapter 9, “The desire tree of devotional service,” text 1:   tam srimat-krsna-caitanya- devam vande jagad-gurum yasyanukampaya svapi…

A lecture given by His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 13 March 2012 in NoveSady   Jaya Jaya Sri Caitanya Jaya Nityananda Jaya Advaitacandra  Jaya Gaura bhakta vrnda krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah   The hidden avatar This…

A lecture given by His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 28 February 2012 in Modra, Slovakia. Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya A number between 1 and 18? Audience: 9 Okay. A number between 1 and 34? Audience: 18. Okay, 9.18. This is…

A lecture given by HH Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 28 December 2011, Pretoria, South Africa  jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda  sri-caitanya, nityananda,     advaitadi bhakta-vrnda, sire dhari sabara carana svarupa, rupa, sanatana,     raghunathera sri-carana, dhuli karon mastake bhusana Translation:…

A lecture given by HH Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 21 December 2011, Cape Town, South Africa We’re reading from Srimad Bhagavatam, 7th Canto, Chapter 14, “The ideal family life,” text number 2: sri-narada uvaca grhesv avasthito rajan kriyah kurvan yathocitah vasudevarpanam…

I heard the news last night just before taking rest that Yamuna has left this world. I dreamt about it and woke up with it. She was one of Srila Prabhupada’s most intimate and early disciples, an example of total…

Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. There is an attempt in Russia to ban the Bhagavad Gita., we can not just let it happen without any form of protest. It’s time to speak up!…

A lecture given by H.H Kadamba Kanana Maharaja on 2nd December 2011, in Pretoria, South Africa jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda  We’re reading from Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Adi lila, chapter 8, entitled, “The author receives the order…

By: HH Kadamba Kanana Swami Waves of affection, waves of the Indian Ocean and waves of material existence but best of all waves of spiritual ecstasy… Straight out of back-to-back Ratha Yatras, we journeyed by Gautrain and a two-hour flight,…

Recently I gave saffron cloth to three devotees Markandeya, Jananivasa(kks) and Nityananda. A brahmacari should live under the care of the guru, he should not have a private situation. Brahmacari gurukule vasan danta guror hitam. He should study the scriptures,…

The holy name was bouncing of the walls continuously, at night it continued in our dreams, at times I woke up and just started kirtana. It bounced against the wall of our false ego, making cracks and gradually breaking it….

A lecture given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2011, Radhadesh, Belgium  Jaya Jaya Sri Caitanya Jaya Nityananda Jaya Advaitacandra Jaya Gaura bhakta vrnda So I chose two very famous verses from the Sri Caitanya Caritamrta and I’ll explain…

Dear All, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. P A R T    O N E THE BANGLADESH TOUR, Oct 22nd to Nov 5th,2011 (for 25 to 30 men only) The Bangladesh Tour is only a…

Sannyasa Report for 2010 General In 1997, now fourteen years ago, I received sannyasa in the Bhaktivedanta Manor. Since then I have done a lot of travel and preaching not just randomly, but in a regular pattern, because it appears…

A lecture given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami Maharaja, 30 January 2011, Radhadesh, Belgium (Kirtan weekend) Glorifying the Supreme Lord So today’s topic is kirtana. What else could it be? Because after so much chanting one becomes absorbed. I don’t…

A lecture given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami Maharaja in October 2010, Vrndavana, India The spiritual world in the material world This land of Lord Krsna is His great and causeless mercy upon us because if we contemplate for a…

Mayapur , the transcendental abode of abundance of the never ending stream of mercy, from Lord Caitanya, the most magnanimous Golden Avatara. We are having a good time, gentle, rejuvenating , full of taste. We went again to Momgacchi, which…

(Japa Talks, Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 June 2009) Sometimes I am thinking how we,the jivas have turned away from Krsna. Krsna is like a loving father always thinking of his…

(New from Japa Talks, Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 June 2009) Dear Vaisnavas, It is nice to offer you my obeisances and to my disciples also blessings. Let us always glorify…