The words of Kadamba Kanana Swami transcribed from classes, seminars and other speaking engagements transformed into articles that quote & highlight interesting and inspiring bits of spiritual knowledge and realizations from the sastra and his personal life.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 July 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Summer Festival Q&A) We have a family, we have a language, we have a culture and so on, and it seems like…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 June 2022, London, United Kingdom, Zoom Disciples Meeting) We are all very fortunate, whether we are present in person or whether we are present through electronic…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 5 May 2019, Melbourne, Australia, Bhakti Vriksha Talk) The acaryas were so absorbed in chanting that they did not want to do anything else. When Gaura Kishor…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 February 2020, London, United Kingdom, Bhagavad Gita 9.22) We have information on the surface – Google. But if you get information from the Guru instead of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 5 September 2021, Goloka Dhama, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.18) We are just having fun, that is what life is all about. We do not suffer and if…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 July 2021, Radhadesh, Belgium, General Lecture) Do you also have one? Are you also connected with one of those things that just eats up your time?…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 5 November 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.25.19) There is one thing that The Supreme Personality cannot tolerate, and that is pride. It is false pride. Whenever…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 November 2021, Goloka Dhama, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.2.40) Srila Prabhupada stated that -“Learning from the life of Ajamila, we should vow with determination to do what is necessary to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 5 November 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.25.19) How did all these cows, cowherd boys, cowherd men and cowherd women fit under Govardhana Hill? How? The answer…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 4 February 2022, Radhadesh, Belgium, Zoom Disciple Meeting) We are building a relationship with Vrndavana, and as we know, Vrndavana is all about devotional service. Whether you…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 5 November 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.25.19) So Vrndavana is just covered by cows. When you came to Vrndavana at the time of Krsna, you would…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 November 2018, Prema-Sarovara, Vrndavana, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) Krsna is suhrt. He is our dear-most friend. Prabhupada said that Krsna is our best friend and the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) What did it mean when Srila Prabhupada said that ISKCON cannot be destroyed from the outside, but only from…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 December 2021, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.23.27) All the abilities and gifts we have, come from the Supreme Lord. He gives and He takes – that…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 December 2021, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.23.27) It is the constitutional position of the living entity to be a servant of Krsna. Therefore, this means that…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 November 2018, Madhuvana, Vrndavana, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) All the wealth we can accrue from a whole lifetime of service is insignificant compared to the blessings…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 November 2018, Kusuma Sarovara, Govardhana, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) Krsna’s plan unfolds in our life and we have to allow it to do so. Over time,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 November 2018, Prema-Sarovara, Vrndavana, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) The word bhakti can be translated to devotion, devotional service. Bhaja is the root form of bhakti. Bhaja…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 November 2018, Ter Kadamba, Vrndavana, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) There are many limbs of devotional service, 64 to be precise. By engaging in these 64 aspects,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2018, Surabhi-Kunda, Govardhana, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) Our chanting is not based on a technique. I read a book that described that certain types of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 6 July 2021, Goloka Dhama, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.18) Purification is a realistic element of life. A lot people nowadays go into some therapy with an idea…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 6 July 2021, Goloka Dhama, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.18) “Don’t let any opportunities go by! What if you are missing out in life? You may never get…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) Sometimes we see that on the ocean there is a big disaster. There is an oil tank that has…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) We see that by the mercy of the Lord, Hiranyaksa left his body and was greatly blessed. By the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 August 2014, Nove Sady, Czech Republic, Balarama Jayanti Lecture) Lord Balarama carries the plough and Lord Krsna carries a flute. It is said that Balarama is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) India is full of village things. We are not sure where it all comes from. Some things may have…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 July 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Everyone is making sacrifices for material benefit. But those are the sacrifices that we need to gradually…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) One of Prabhupada’s intimate followers after Prabhupada’s departure had a period where it was difficult to connect. For many…
(Kadamba Kanana, Swami, 25 June 2021, Split, Croatia, Zoom Meeting) Tamal Krishna Goswami was such a brilliant person. He had a sharp brain and he was just such a general.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) Somehow, we are struggling to surrender in this movement. And in the end, for our half-baked surrender which was…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura makes one statement which is a statement that should not be taken cheaply. He says…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Initiation Ceremony Lecture) With the Mangalacarana prayers, we have invoked the blessings of the entire parampara, coming down from Lord Krsna and…
(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…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa-Puja Lecture) In my youth, I came to Krsna consciousness and I had lots of energy and I used it all…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja Lecture) I appreciate the chanting of sixteen rounds. It is the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that comes through…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta 9.36) It is that pure devotional service that can completely satisfy the heart. Therefore, it is attractive. And therefore, the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja Lecture) Srila Prabhupada would describe how sometimes during the rainy season in Mayapur, the Ganga is flooding its banks…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja Lecture) I have had the fortune of staying in Vrndavana. There were prices of austerities to pay undoubtedly. I…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 April 2020, Durban, South Africa, Vyasa Puja lecture) From doing things for Krsna to looking after people who were doing things for Krsna to looking after…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta 9.36) Prabhupada explains that ISKCON is a branch of the Caitanya Tree, of that wish-fulfilling desire tree. So, in this…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Initiation Ceremony Lecture) When I first encountered the Holy Name, it was in a musical situation. There was a workshop in Amsterdam, some…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 November 2020, Simhachalam, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-Lila 9.36) It is said that there are six whips in the material energy – birth, disease, death, hunger, thirst…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmashtami Lecture) It is said that the spiritual world is the tripad vibhuti (three-quarters of the manifestation) and the material world is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmashtami Lecture) The reason why we chant without taste or without being attentive is because we are chanting without remembrance of Krsna.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 November 2018, Adi-Badarinatha, India, Parikrama 2018 Lecture) In the Age of Kali, it is not going to be that beautiful. It is not possible to just…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Initiation Ceremony Lecture) By taking initiation, there are such powerful blessings which are passed, that practically our journey back to the spiritual…
We end our eParikrama right here in the Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama Mandir in the heart of Sri Vrndavana dhama. We meditate on the holy dhama through the harinama and pray…
In 2018, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami took us to Vimala-kunda in Kamyavana, which was formed by the loving tears of the daughters of King Vimala. Krsna and His cowherd…
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