Being merciful to others
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 November 2017, Mayapur, India, Russian Morning Class, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.6.10) In the Bhagavad-gita (7.4), we find a list of material elements: earth, water, fire, air, ether,…
Browsing: book distribution
Reaching out
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) There are many people out there hankering for something spiritual, looking for some deeper meaning to life. Just one…
All sorts
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) I remember going door-to-door on book distribution and it was all okay until I came to this one house.…
There are techniques
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) There are techniques to book distribution. Vaisesika Prabhu is not only a leading distributor in our society but Vaisesika…
Planting the seed
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) There are always people who will say no to a book today. In their mind, they had to make the…
The power of one book
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) We do not know the power of what one book will do. The Bhagavad-gita made me a devotee! It…
The personal touch
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) It is not just about the number of books that you distribute because if you sell someone a book…
Change someone’s life
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) When we present books to people, we change them. Someone may say, “No, not interested.” We can reply, “No,…
The beginning…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) Printing books certainly is our family business. There is no doubt about that. Although the early days of ISKCON…
“The frenzy of love and the frenzy of hate…”
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Class) If Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura would be with us today then he would be a BBT man because he…
Fulfilling Srila Prabhupada’s desires
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2011, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) Srila Prabhupada emphasised book distribution and that emphasis will never go away no matter what we do! There was a time when…
What if …
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75) Sometimes small things can make such a big difference. When it does not happen, that can also make a…
There are many ways to spread Krsna consciousness
(Kadamba Kanana Swami) Preaching will not become successful if we are not endearing ourselves to Krsna. Preaching does not just depend on some techniques otherwise we could all learn hypnosis…
Active preachers
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 November 2016, Vrindavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.18.1-8) In the Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Lord Caitanya says, “I am only one gardener. I have so many fruits of love…
“Tell people it is the real thing…”
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 April 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.1.33) To our book distributors, I would like to say this. When you are distributing books on the street, it is…
A book can do it!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 August 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.55) People are hankering to be devotees! Yesterday, in the morning, I was going for a walk and there was this…
Whomever you meet, instruct them about Krsna…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 May 2015, Sydney, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.23) Trivikrama Maharaj tells the story of when Prabhupada said, “My spiritual master made in into a diamond!” A diamond,…
Making a change in the world
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 May 2015, Sydney, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.23) This morning, I listened to the sankirtan scores being announced. It was very nice. I was very happy to…
A happy ending
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 January 2015, Soho Temple, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.77.33-37) I like to tell this story. I was in the Czech Summer Camp one year and it was…
Smuggling treasure
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa, House Program) Harikesh was very smart, very intelligent. So when they were smuggling books behind the Iron Curtain, they had two…
A preacher’s exit
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75) I will tell you the story of André. Some of you may have heard it… There was a…
Dedication to devotional service
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 December 2011, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.14.2) The internal energy is the activity or the energy that pleases Krsna. It is the pleasure potency…
Let the book find someone!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2008, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture) Once, one of our book distributors in Holland was distributing books in the offices of a business. The authorities didn’t…
Glorification and distribution
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 February 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.34) Sometimes, making money took over. There was a time when the feeling was that if we sell records, then…
Book distribution technique
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 April 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium) I remember, we had a book distribution technique where first we used to stand out in the rain, here in Barvaux and we…
The latest news from Durban
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…