Vrindavan Braj Parikrama 2017: Photos
We’ve had extensive coverage of the parikrama on Facebook with daily livestreams and photos. The video and audio recordings are still to come but in case you are not a…
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Recordings: July 2016
Here is a big catch-up on all the recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kadamba Swami from the month of July. The class in Berlin on 05 July was given…
Fear and doubt
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 July 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Spirit Matters Program) Question: Do you have any nice words to remind us not to have doubt whenever we have…
Choose your suffering
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.2-7) Through celibacy alone, can we get love of God? You can be celibate for a hundred lifetimes, do you…
The Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakur
Kadamba Kanana Swami was released from hospital yesterday. His state of health is fragile and he continues his recovery at the Durban temple. With great physical effort, Maharaj made his way to…
KKS Worldwide Sankirtan Marathon: Part 3
The 3-day sankirtan marathon for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada culminated with a total of 4823 books being distributed. The scores were offered this morning at the Sri Sri Radha…
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day, 2016
Updates on the status of Kadamba Kanana Swami’s health will come from him. For now, we will share some photos and audio recordings. Maharaj has often said that preaching gives…
Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day Lecture, 2016
Kadamba Kanana Swami will give a lecture on Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day (20 February) at the Sri Sri Radha Radhanath temple at 11:30am (GMT +2). A livestream will be available…
Radhadesh Mellows 2016
Written by Nimai From Sweden, Maharaj travelled to Radhadesh in Belgium where the Radhadesh Mellows Kirtan Festival took place (29-31 January). Devotees travelled from all over Europe and UK to…
South Africa, January 2016: Recordings
Prior to leaving South Africa, Kadamba Kanana Swami did programs in Durban and Johannesburg. Here are all the audio recordings for you. Download ALL. KKS_SA_DBN_08January2016_SSRR_Lecture_SB_1.18.20 https://archive.org/download/KKSSAJHB10January2016MidrandLecture/KKS_SA_DBN_08January2016_SSRR_Lecture_SB_1.18.20.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_08January2016_NJP_Evening_Lecture_SB_10.86.52 https://archive.org/download/KKSSAJHB10January2016MidrandLecture/KKS_SA_DBN_08January2016_NJP_Evening_Lecture_SB_10.86.52.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_09January2016_PMB_Home_Program_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSAJHB10January2016MidrandLecture/KKS_SA_DBN_09January2016_PMB_Home_Program_Kirtan.mp3…
Retreat in Drakensberg, January 2016: Recordings
The Drakensberg Retreat took place from from 03-07 January. Please find audio recordings below. Download ALL. KKS_SA_Drakensberg_03January2016_Introductory_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSADrakensberg05January2016MorningLectureTypesOfDevotees_201602/KKS_SA_Drakensberg_03January2016_Introductory_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SA_Drakensberg_03January2016_Introductory_Lecture_The_two_realities https://archive.org/download/KKSSADrakensberg05January2016MorningLectureTypesOfDevotees_201602/KKS_SA_Drakensberg_03January2016_Introductory_Lecture_The_two_realities.mp3 KKS_SA_Drakensberg_03January2016_End_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSADrakensberg05January2016MorningLectureTypesOfDevotees_201602/KKS_SA_Drakensberg_03January2016_End_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SA_Drakensberg_04January2016_Morning_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSSADrakensberg05January2016MorningLectureTypesOfDevotees_201602/KKS_SA_Drakensberg_04January2016_Morning_Lecture.mp3 KKS_SA_Drakensberg_04January2016_Afternoon_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSADrakensberg05January2016MorningLectureTypesOfDevotees_201602/KKS_SA_Drakensberg_04January2016_Afternoon_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SA_Drakensberg_04January2016_Afternoon_Lecture_Priti_Sandarbha https://archive.org/download/KKSSADrakensberg05January2016MorningLectureTypesOfDevotees_201602/KKS_SA_Drakensberg_04January2016_Afternoon_Lecture_Priti_Sandarbha.mp3 KKS_SA_Drakensberg_05January2016_Morning_Kirtan…
Travel around Europe, January 2016
Written by Nimai From Czech, Maharaj flew to Amsterdam (18 January) to get a new passport. Upon arrival, we went straight to apply for it. Fortunately there were no complications…
Upcoming classes at Bhaktivedanta Manor
Kadamba Kanana Swami travels to London this week. Here are details of classes he is scheduled to give at Bhaktivedanta Manor. These times are as per GMT. Watch live on: http://live.bhaktivedantamanor.co.uk/
Radhadesh Mellows 2016
The Radhadesh Mellows Kirtan Festival takes place from 29-31 January. Amongst many other well-known kirtan leaders, Kadamba Kanana Swami will also be participating. His time slot on Friday is at…
Czech, January 2016
Written by Klara In Czech, the whole month of December was relatively warm. But just when Kadamba Kanana Swami was to arrive, it started to snow! An overlay of snow…
Cape Town, December 2015: Recordings
Kadamba Kanana Swami visited Cape Town from 18-30 December. Below are recordings of lectures and kirtans from the various programs. Download ALL the files by clicking here. KKS_CPT_20Dec2015_CC_Madhya_1.47 https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT20Dec2015SnanaYatraKirtanAbhisek_201601/KKS_CPT_20Dec2015_CC_Madhya_1.47.mp3 KKS_CPT_20Dec2015_SnanaYatra_Kirtan_Abhisek https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT20Dec2015SnanaYatraKirtanAbhisek_201601/KKS_CPT_20Dec2015_SnanaYatra_Kirtan_Abhisek.mp3 KKS_CPT_20Dec2015_SnanaYatra_JayaRadhaMadhava…
UPDATED! Mayapur, December 2015: Recordings
Please find below recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kanana Swami taken during various programs while he was in Mayapur. Update KKS_Mayapur_Nov2015_Russian_SB_6.17.18 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapur21Nov2015GrhastaParkProgramKirtan/KKS_Mayapur_Nov2015_Russian_SB_6.17.18.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_21Nov2015_GrhastaParkProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapur21Nov2015GrhastaParkProgramKirtan/KKS_Mayapur_21Nov2015_GrhastaParkProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_21Nov2015_GrhastaParkProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapur21Nov2015GrhastaParkProgramKirtan/KKS_Mayapur_21Nov2015_GrhastaParkProgram_Lecture.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_24Nov2015_JAS_Program_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapur21Nov2015GrhastaParkProgramKirtan/KKS_Mayapur_24Nov2015_JAS_Program_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_24Nov2015_JAS_Program_Lecture…
Retreat in Drakensberg, January 2016
Written by Nimai The Drakensberg Mountains are about midway between the cities of Durban and Johannesburg. Spiritual retreats with Kadamba Kanana Swami started there in January 2005 and took place…
Cape Town, December 2015
Written by Vasanti dd Arrival – 18 December The air was buzzing with activity at the ISKCON Cape Town Temple of Sri Sri Nitai Mayapurchandra. Devotees had flown in from…
‘Nectar of Devotion’ Lectures, 2015
Courtesy of Nimai KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_23Nov2015_NOD_Part_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_23Nov2015_NOD_Part_1.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_23Nov2015_NOD_Part_2 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_23Nov2015_NOD_Part_2.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_24Nov2015_NOD_Part_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_24Nov2015_NOD_Part_1.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_24Nov2015_NOD_Part_2 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_24Nov2015_NOD_Part_2.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_25Nov2015_NOD_Part_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_25Nov2015_NOD_Part_1.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_25Nov2015_NOD_Part_2 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_25Nov2015_NOD_Part_2.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_30Nov2015_NOD_Part_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_30Nov2015_NOD_Part_1.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_30Nov2015_NOD_Part_2 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_30Nov2015_NOD_Part_2.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_01Dec2015_NOD_Part_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_01Dec2015_NOD_Part_1.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_01Dec2015_NOD_Part_2 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_01Dec2015_NOD_Part_2.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_02Dec2015_NOD_Part_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_02Dec2015_NOD_Part_1.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_02Dec2015_NOD_Part_2 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_02Dec2015_NOD_Part_2.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_03Dec2015_NOD_Part_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSMayapurBhaktiSastri07Dec2015NODPart2/KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_03Dec2015_NOD_Part_1.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_Bhakti_Sastri_03Dec2015_NOD_Part_2…
Siksastakam Seminar, 2015
Recordings of the Siksastakam Seminar given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami in Mayapur, at the Kirtan Academy, are available below. You may listen online by clicking the “play” button or…
Astrology
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 October 2015, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.14.22) In the 11th canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, it says that astrology is relevant to that which takes birth because…
The final days in Mayapur, December 2015
During the month of Kartik, we’ve had extensive coverage of Kadamba Kanana Swami’s activities in Vrindavan and Mayapur, written by Nandan and Rukmini, for which we received great appreciation. Maharaj…
Sankirtan Festival in Simhachalam, 2015
The European Sankirtan Festival in Simhachalam, Germany will take place from Wednesday, 30 December to Sunday, 03 January. This festival recognizes and honours the effort of those devotees who participated…
Rasa Purnima, 2015
Written by Rukmini dd An earthquake hit Sri Dhama Mayapur on Wednesday, November 25th, lasting approximately 90 minutes with tremors for at least half an hour before. Some call it…
Honouring HH Jayadvaita Swami
Written by Nandan After a full day of classes and meetings, in the evening Kadamba Kanana Swami attended the Appearance Day celebrations of his spiritual master HH Jayadvaita Swami (24 November).…
Community engagement in Mayapur, November 2015
Written by Nandan Russian Srimad Bhagavatam Class On Saturday, 21 November, Kadamba Kanana Swami gave the Srimad Bhagavatam class to a mainly Russian audience who were very attentive and very…
Exchanges in Mayapur, November 2015
Written by Nandan Thankfully, Maharaj was able to get a well-earned break on Wednesday, 18 November, and he pretty much spent the whole day delving into the magic of the…
Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance day, 2015
Written by Nandan On Sunday morning (15 November), Maharaj led a beautiful Guru Puja in the Panca Tattva building. This was especially auspicious because it was Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance day.…
Arrival in Mayapur, November 2015
Written by Nandan Friday, 13 November Maharaj took his leave of Vraj and the sunburnt plains of North India and headed for the lush, tropical delta of Bengal in East India.…
Video Interview: Part 2
Here is Part 2 of the interview with Kadamba Kanana Swami where he answers many questions relevant to spiritual life. Why I love Kirtan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdbKEsk1wE8 Why I love Krishna? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvWwwKAGN8c…
Video Interview: Part 1
During his visit to Vrindavan last month, Kadamba Kanana Swami was asked a series of pertinent questions during an interview. Below are video clips of his responses. What are the…
India, November 2015: Recordings
We have published numerous posts describing Kadamba Kanana Swami’s stay in Mumbai and Vrindavan. Here are recordings of lectures and kirtans from the various programs. To download, right-click on…
Govardhana Puja 2015
Written by Rukmini dd Giriraja – The giver of shelter “The main point for me in the Govardhana Lila,” said Kadamba Kanana Swami as he sat perched upon his bed…
Australia, October 2015: Recordings Part 2
Kadamba Kanana Swami toured Australia from 29 September-16 October. Below is the final batch of recordings from his various programs. You may find Part 1 by clicking here. To download, right-click on a title…
Samadhi ceremony of HG Brahmananda Prabhu
Written by Rukmini dd The end of an era… Amidst the cows in the goshala and the soft Vrindavan sand, lies the samadhis of the sons and daughters of Srila…
Vrindavan, November 2015: Part 2
Written by Rukmini dd Kirtan amongst the sages in Vrindavan Like the forest of Naimisaranya adorned with sages, Vrindavan, in the soft radiance of Kartik, blossoms with an impressive bouquet…
Vrindavan, November 2015: Part 1
Written by Nandan Visit to Rama-Ghat and Chir-Ghat It was 8 am in the morning (Sunday, 1st November 2015) and everyone was getting ready to get on the bus outside…
Vrindavan, October 2015: Part 2
Written by Nandan The disappearance day of Narottama Das Thakur Maharaj sang the morning Guruvastakam prayers in Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi. It was gentle, soothing and perfectly in sync with the…
Vrindavan, October 2015: Part 1
Written by Nandan Arrival in the Holy Dhama Kartik month in Vrindavan was truly something to behold! Even if one hadn’t been there, most devotees would have heard the stories…
Mumbai, October 2015
Written by Nimai From Sydney, Kadamba Kanana Swami travelled to Mumbai and arrived at Chowpatty Temple in the evening of 17 October. Even though Maharaj was still recovering from the…
Czech Summer Camp, 2015: Recordings
The Czech Summer Camp took place from 01-06 July. A detailed description of the event can be found by clicking here. Below are the recordings courtesy of Antardvip Das.…
Swiss Retreat, July 2015
We have a series of catch-up posts coming up on Kadamba Kanana Swami’s travels during July and August… Written by Nadia Karuna dd From the Radhadesh Summer Festival in Belgium,…
Now Published: “Vanity Karma: Ecclesiastes, the Bhagavad-gita, and the meaning of life”
We are happy to announce the publication of the new book “Vanity Karma: Ecclesiastes, the Bhagavad-gita, and the meaning of life,” by Jayadvaita Swami. The book is available from Amazon.com…
Australia, October 2015: Recordings Part 1
Kadamba Kanana Swami has been touring Australia since 29 September. Here is the first batch of recordings courtesy of Nimai. Photos and more details of his activities will follow. To download, right-click on…
Cape Town, September 2015: Recordings
Kadamba Kanana Swami visited Cape Town from 22-28 September. Here are recordings which were captured by Bhakta Nimai (Germany). You may listen online by hitting the “play” button. To download, right-click…
Cape Town, September 2015
Written by Vasanti dd As the transcendental dust-storms (caused by the lotus feet of the devotees jumping in ecstasy for Lord Jagannatha) were beginning to settle down in Soweto and…
Radhastami, 2015
The day after the Ratha Yatra in Soweto, despite aching feet and bones, festivities continued at the temple in Pretoria with the celebration of Radhastami (21 September). Due to it…