Maharaja is still in South Africa. His recovery and health regime are still top priority. Although far from fully recovered, he continues doing programs whenever possible. He returned to Durban…
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 January 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.46) Maharaja has returned to Durban and gave this morning’s class where he spoke about using our senses…
Audio recordings Please find below, the remaining lectures and bhajans by Kadamba Kanana Swami while he was in Cape Town. On Thursday (28 December), an evening program was held in glorification…
Ratha Yatra 29 December 2012 There are many Ratha Yatra festivals in South Africa throughout the year. However, the one in Cape Town is unique due to its cosmopolitan appeal.…
Could it be Maharaja’s love for the devotees in Cape Town or perhaps the enthusiasm with which the devotees receive him here that since his arrival, he has temporarily suspended…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.6.40) To the delight of the devotees, Maharaja gave this morning’s class at Sri Sri Radhanatha Temple. It focused…
Narration by Rukmini dd; Photos courtesy of Venu Gopal Das and Bhaktin Melissa The Phoenix Ratha Yatra boasted a phenomenal guest list featuring Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Indradyumna Swami, Bhakti Brnga…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 January 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.9) There was a temple that I visited in my travels in the last year and for quite a number…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 September 2009, Cape Town, South Africa, Bhagavad-gita 2.11) In this life, we are trying to enjoy as much as we can and at the same time, we are trying…
The days in Durban are relaxed and focused on recuperation. When the sun is high, Maharaja sneaks out for a brisk japa walk around the temple moat but otherwise he…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 September 2012, Pretoria, South Africa, Initiation lecture) There is a story which I like to tell. It is about a marriage ceremony and during the marriage…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 February 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavadam 7.4.12) We are bound up in so much karma and we drag it with us. One cannot just…
Honouring the Spiritual Master The second Trayodasi in the month of Kartika marks the day of Sripad Jayadvaita Swami’s Vyasa Puja. For many years, Kadamba Kanana Maharaja was personally present…
Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in South Africa on Tuesday (20 November) together with Sri Giriraja. He spent three days in Cape Town which was more of a transit stay-over as…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 October 2012, Bhagavad-gita class, Sydney, Australia) One of the opulences of Krsna is that he has all fame. In the nectar of devotion, Srila Prabhupada explains…
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Cape Town, South Africa, 25 September 2011) Politeness is required when we are not pure… when our feelings are not pure; otherwise we would offend each…
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Cape Town, 28 June 2012, Bhagavad-gita 3.10) We should not only look at ourselves from this life but we should look at ourselves from a continuation…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami – Cape Town, South Africa – 28 June 2012 – Bhagavad Gita 3.10) When we are not enlivened in our spiritual life, the fault is ours. It’s because…
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami – Melbourne, Australia – SB 1.8.45) 21 May 2012 There was one person who was seeing the devotees at a distance in 1967, in San Francisco. He…
Kadamba Kanana Swami (26 December 2011, Sasolburg, Johannesburg, South Africa) Irreligion leads to materialism, selfishness and ultimately a world where man takes it that he is the proprietor. But…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, December 2011, Durban, South Africa) Srimad Bhagavatam 11.22.5 There was an interesting reference in Bhurijana’s biography on Srila Prabhupada. There is a morning walk on the beach…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Amsterdam, 2010) Empowerment means that even when we can do something, we don’t… we let others do it so that in the course of doing it, they…
Taking shelter of Krsna means more than just putting tilak and it means more than putting neck beads. Initiation means more than 16 rounds and 4 regulative principles. It means…
Following the Vyasa Puja Festival, a Japa Kirtan Retreat with HH Sacinandana Swami took place at Radhadesh. Day 4 of the retreat was dedicated to a nama-yajna, where devotees were…
Kadamba Kanana Swami graced Cape Town from 27 September to 1 October 2009. It was barely 4 days, and apart from the daily morning classes, Maharaja gave the lecture at…