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, 10 August 2014, Nove Sady, Czech Republic, Balarama Purnima Lecture) Simply put, the chanting of the Hare Krsna mahamantra is our main interest. In the Holy Name,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 November 2018, Talavana, India, Kartik Parikrama Lecture) Lord Balarama carries a plough, used to prepare the ground for planting. Balarama is actually the one who prepares…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 November 2019, Brisbane, Australia, Sunday Feast Lecture) Just like children only want to eat sweets, we only want kirtan. But we must not forget about the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture: Disrespecting Vaisnavas) If one commits an offence, one has the duty to denounce that immediately; to denounce the offender.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture: Mayavada Part 2) We are not at length going to study the Mayavada philosophy or the Buddhist philosophy because…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 May 2020, Durban, South Africa, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) It is our mission to share the fruits of love of God with everyone – in the form…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 June 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) I do not usually cover the topic of disrespecting vaishnavas, as in one sense, it is a distasteful topic.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.6) At the time of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, he would say that anyone who does not chant 64 rounds, is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 May 2020, Durban, South Africa, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) sarvopaniṣado gāvodogdhā gopāla-nandanaḥpārtho vatsaḥ su-dhīr bhoktādugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat(Gītā-māhātmya 6, cited in Bhagavad-gita, Introduction) It is said that there is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 October 2018, Camp de Masque, Mauritius, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1) We have these ‘noise boys’, who are playing all their instruments in the kirtan very energetically. But…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 6 December 2019, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.20) The higher planetary systems have heavenly planets where one can enjoy, but above these celestial planets are…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 December 2019, Canberra, Australia, Home Program Lecture) Krsna is everywhere because He is all-pervading. Not only is the brahmajyoti (effulgence) of Krsna present everywhere, on which…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 February 2020, London, United Kingdom, Bhagavad-gita 9.22) Krsna consciousness is not a dreamy state of mind. Krsna consciousness is about realism. It is about actually seeing…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Home Program Lecture) We may recall that Ramanuja Acarya’s spiritual master sent him to study under a great self-realised sage, and after…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Janmashtami Lecture) When we feel that we have no taste for chanting and when we think to ourselves, “Oh I have no…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 September 2017, Phoenix, Mauritius, Sri Sri Golokananda Temple Lecture) If you go to Mayapur and you go on the side of the Ganga to take a…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 December 2019, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.20) We see that brahmanas in Vedic culture would refuse to simply take up a job. They just lived from…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 September 2017, Phoenix, Mauritius, Sri Sri Golokananda Temple Lecture) Haridasa Thakura said that if the holy name is being chanted purely when the cleansing has been…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 April 2008, Bhaktivedanta Manor, United Kingdom, Rama Navami Lecture) Lord Ramachandra’s attachment to Sitadevi was not one that could be compared to an ordinary husband’s attachment…
(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, 9 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.6) Srila Prabhupada makes an important point that hearing and explaining the scriptures is more important than reading them. Why…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 December 2019, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.20) All day, we are talking about money. At work, money is the centre. That is what it is basically…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.6) We may think that we are free because we are making our own choices according to our own liking.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 April 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-Lila 200-250) Devotees who are always hesitating in completing the sixteen rounds of chanting the Hare Krsna mahamantra may say,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 March 2020, Washington DC, United States of America, Sunday Feast Lecture) The darkness of kali yuga is everywhere around us, but it is also within us.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Home Program Lecture) We must understand that we all depend on the sankirtana movement; we all depend on the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 June 2015, Gita Nagari, United States of America, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.8) At the time of initiation, even if the vows are taken sincerely, how deep is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.4) There are so many mantras out there? Why is the Hare Krsna mahamantra considered to be the most powerful…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) There is an oasis in the middle of a desert, and in this oasis, there are many people living.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.4) Question: The Supreme Lord is quoted as paraṁ satyam (the Supreme Truth). But then we see Krsna saying to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) It is important to always turn to Krsna and remember that Krsna will decide. Krsna has His plan. We…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Bhagavad-gita 5.8-9) To be a well wisher of others, one could say: “Well, from now on, I’ll give something to every…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 May 2019, Melbourne, Australia, Bhakti Vriksha Program) Krsna is so attractive, yet our material desires constantly bounce back up like a ball in water. We push…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) We make arguments that spiritual life is difficult. We always find a reason to say it is difficult. It…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 June 2012, Birmingham, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.13.5) Imagine if someone would remember that he was a meat-eater in his previous birth, and yet he did not…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.4) It was right there in the centre of the universe where the Srimad Bhagavatam was spoken. In this way,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) We have to bring some goodness in our life and we have to invest in the mornings. Rise early…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) Krsna is described as the source of all opportunities. This is a fact. Krsna says: sarvasya caham hrdi sannvistho…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 April 2019, Amritsar, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.37) Prabhupada told us the story of the old Bengali lady, who while on her death bed, is being forced…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, Govinda’s Program Lecture) The material world is dominated by lust. That is what this world is all about; lust somehow or another…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 May 2019, Melbourne, Australia, Bhakti Vriksha Program) By surrendering to a pure devotee, we are actually experiencing freedom. The pure devotee sets us free from our…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 October 2018, Murwillumbah, Australia, Home Program Lecture) Everybody close your eyes and take a deep breath – breath in and then breath out. Now, in your…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 June 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.13.17) Some people say that the greatest enjoyment in the material world is sex. Well, we can also say that…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Human Relationships Lecture) Human relationships in this modern world are scary. There is so much fear whether a relationship…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 April 2019, Amritsar, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.37) Devotional service binds us to Krsna in responsibility. The first time we do little seva, we gradually start to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 April 2019, Amritsar, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.37) Krsna’s beauty is not only external. His beauty is not only in His form and in His lotus eyes…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 September 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 11.31.22-23) Krsna is like the sun – the sun that appears in this world, the sun that rises and the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 April 2019, Amritsar, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.37) Question: Whose mercy is more important, Guru or Krsna? There is no difference between the mercy of Guru and…
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