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, 03 May 2016, Vrndavana, India, Bhagavad-gita 3.34) It is interesting that when speaking of prema (pure love for Krsna) in the Srimad Bhagavatam, the example is given…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture) Human relationships become meaningful when Krsna is the priority. It is not good enough when Krsna is simply there…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 December 2017, Gold Coast, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 8.20) At the end of our lives, there will be a weighing scale to see if we have enough to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 March 2015, Stockholm, Sweden, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.1.4) After years of chanting, we may stop and say, “Why am I doing this? I don’t feel like it…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 April 2011, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture) Srila Prabhupada wrote two letters after the departure of his spiritual master. In the first letter, he said,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 February 2016, Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, UK, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.21) After the Govardhana pastime, Krsna went to Govardhana Hill to inspect the damage done by Indra’s thunderbolts.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 January 2018, New Govardhana, Australia, SB 1.2.15) As soon as we enter into the material body, the body begins to dictate many strong needs which are…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 December 2017, Gold Coast, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 8.20) We must try to properly glorify Srila Prabhupada in order to understand his unlimited spiritual potency. Srila Prabhupada was…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 July 2012, Modra, Slovakia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1) All throughout history, people have tried to impress other people. Some men have been wearing high hats. Some ladies…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 May 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, College of Vedic Studies Retreat Lecture: ‘Krsna Consciousness in the Real World’) The other day I was remembering Srila Prabhupada’s statement of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.6.40) Sometimes, some souls stay together for a number of lifetimes in different relationships. It depends; they may not…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.6.40) I was listening to a lecture of Srila Prabhupada and Prabhupada said, “Love is for Krsna.” We think…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 January 2018, New Govardhana, Australia, SB 1.2.15) Krsna knows the past, present and the future. He knows us better than we know ourselves because we actually…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.19.25-32) The material world that we live in has been created by the Supreme Lord and his agents. However creation…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 October 2017, Canberra, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.27.25) Ayurveda is very nice because it is the science of long life. Ayur means life and basically, the idea…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.19.25-32) We have to be very careful when it comes to sense enjoyment. Even though it is allowed, it must…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 January 2018, New Govardhana, Australia, SB 1.2.15) It is extremely nice to explore Krsna because he is a personality who constantly moves between being very human-like…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 December 2017, Gold Coast, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 8.20) There is another world than the one we live in. It is transcendental and is not subjected to the…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.26 – 30) We really have to take responsibility for our own Krsna consciousness; to make arrangements for…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Comment: The process of surrender is meant to be dynamic and continuous. To accept favourable things and reject…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17) Question: What is the highest act we may perform to attract the mercy of Radharani? To serve Lord Nityananda.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 December 2017, New Govardhana, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.10-12) We live in a society that is based on passion and ignorance. This is all we know; nothing…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 September 2015, Durban, South Africa, Kirtan at NJP) Kirtan means that we have to listen. Just like in chanting japa, in kirtan there is also inattentive…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 February 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.34) It is very interesting how Vrindavan is the abode which can offer pure devotional service. Both qualitatively and quantitatively,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 October 2015, Chowpatty, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.41) Only in Vrndavana is Krsna fully manifesting his pure transcendental nature which is based only on loving exchange and…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 July 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Spirit Matters Program) If we are very tolerant, patient and positive, I think that we can deal with a lot.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture) Lord Nrsimhadev is the personification of soft-heartedness. He is particularly the manifestation of the Lord of soft-heartedness. Why did…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 06 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: What is devotional service) Having a spiritual master is not a casual thing! One should really dedicate himself…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 May 2015, Simhachalam, Germany, Nrsimha Caturdasi Morning Lecture) om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah When Srila Prabhupada was lecturing on the appearance day…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 December 2017, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 1.1) Dhrtarastra was blind; not just physically blind but also spiritually blind. This is because he did not understand the goal…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2017, Govinda Valley, Australia, Initiation Lecture) The essence of the process that we are following in this movement is the chanting of the holy name.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 January 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.23-24) Our first Ratha Yatra in Jaipur was a humble attempt. The devotees had just recently opened a small little…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2017, Govinda Valley, Australia, Initiation Lecture) We should understand that we are always accepted by Krsna through the prayer of our spiritual master. Therefore, we…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 December 2017, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 1.1) It is said in the scriptures that when we have a goal which is other than satisfying the senses of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17) I have a disciple who always signs their letters with ‘your mercy case’ instead of the usual ‘your servant’.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 January 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.23-24) The human form of life is very different from the animal form of life. In the human form, we…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 November 2017, Mayapur, India, Nectar of Devotion Seminar) “The places in the eighty-four square mile district of Mathura are so beautifully situated on the banks of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17) We are currently living in an age where everyone is over-educated and has a degree that is not going…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2008, Durban, South Africa) So humility is the key element in our spiritual life. Humility means that we are ready to put our own ideas aside,…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 Dec 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture) Conviction cannot be based on intellectual understanding. Are we convinced that Krsna consciousness is true? Yes, I am because…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2017, Govinda Valley, Australia, Initiation Lecture) At initiation, one makes a lifelong commitment. But so many things happen over time and there are not always…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2011, Radhadesh, Belgium, Vyasa Puja Lecture) Just now I came from South Africa and my spiritual master was also there and I met him. He…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17) As eternal servants of Krsna, our natural position is to render service. Our happiness lies not in any other…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2017, Govinda Valley, Australia, Initiation Lecture) Krsna has a deep personal relationship with every living entity and he is conscious of every thought the every…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17) ISKCON has to be a very friendly movement. A very accommodating movement that is ready to give everyone a…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) We may think, “What about my security? I need some security; like a little money in the bank, a credit card maybe.…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 November 2017, Mayapur, India, Nectar of Devotion Seminar) In the Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 13, we are talking about residing in Mathura dhama or Mathura mandala which refers to…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17) When someone is caught stealing red-handed and you talk about it, “That person is not honest because he is a…
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