Faith in the transcendental sound
(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…
Browsing: chanting
There is hope!
(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…
Diminishing lust for improved chanting
(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…
Fix your hearing!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Berlin, Germany, 20 August 2021, Zoom Disciple Meeting) If you fix your hearing, chanting will happen automatically. Watch the full lecture below or on our YouTube channel…
Chanting is the only remedy!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 May 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Zoom Lecture) The gift of the Holy Name is the greatest treasure because it is Krsna Himself. Everything is contained within the…
Meeting with Krsna in progress!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 April 2021, Simhachalam, Germany, Zoom Disciple Meeting) Japa meditation – Do not disturb. Personal meeting with Krsna in progress! It is devotional service that is opening…
Touching screen or touching beads?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Morning Lecture) So, let us just look at the phone. Because that is the issue of the day. It is…
Chanting through remembrance
(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.…
A spark of faith
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 August 2020, Radhadesh, Belgium, Initiation Ceremony Lecture) It is the Holy Name of the Lord that awakens our natural love for Krsna. So by hearing and…
Real chanting begins after 16 rounds
(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…
Perceiving Krsna through chanting
(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…
Developing strength in chanting
(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…
A lesson from the sunrise
(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…
Don’t miss the boat!
(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,…
Experiencing a breakthrough
(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…
The greatest mantra
(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…
What happens when we chant?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 January 2017, Brisbane, Australia, House Program Lecture) Kadamba Kanana Swami: What happens when you chant Hare Krsna? There is a change if you chant Hare Krsna.…
Chant for upliftment
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2015, Vrindavan, India, Video Interview) We chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra because it is said that by chanting these sixteen syllables all the influence of the…
From shallow to profound!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Govinda’s Program Lecture) Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare This mahamantra is…
Meditate while chanting
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2008, South Africa, South Coast Retreat) We must go deeper in our meditation. Chanting is to be accompanied by meditation, so we must meditate on who Krsna…
Illusory beauty
(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…
Follow the leader
(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…
Special mercy
(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.…
There is no other way…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 January 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.17-21) Comment: When I am deeply suffering, there is no desire to serve because the pain is overwhelming… Yes, when…
Early rising for quality chanting
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2005, Durban, South Africa, Lecture) We must chant our sixteen rounds early in the morning and not spread it throughout the day. This is the spirit! There…
Say YES to devotional service!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture) Every day we remind ourselves of Krsna’s eternal activities because we know that it will capture our mind. At…
Hopelessly addicted
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 September 2012, Kirtana Mela, Germany, CC Antya Lila 3.52) What unknown nectar will the day bring us today? As our faith in Krsna grows then we…
“Which service is the best?”
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 July 2016, Villa Vrindavan, Italy, Sravanam Kirtanam Festival) kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.3.51) Kali yuga is an ocean of faults but there is ONE good quality…
Are you ecstatic?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 April 2013, Stockholm, Sweden, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.17.1) Although it is mentioned that harer nāma harer nāma, harer nāmaiva kevalam, kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva, nāsty eva…
The Holy Name
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 July 2009, Japa Talks) In many years of chanting, not every day was an optimal one. I have chanted when I was tired, when I was…
Sixteen on the go…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2009, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) The best way to chant is to chant at the same time every day. The best is to chant sixteen rounds in…
Meeting Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 June 2009, Japa Talks) “This chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions, revolutions and then no solutions, there should be chanting.” His Divine Grace…
Lasting committments
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 September, Phoenix, South Africa) So how sincere are we really!? We should not so easily accept that we are sincere but rather we should see that…
Krsna consciousness is a choice
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.4) Spiritual life has been challenging in every age, even in the satya yuga! Although in the satya yuga,…
Keeping it simple
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 October 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) We simplify our life just for the sake of chanting Hare Krsna. There is no other reason. We can have everything…
The eighth offense to the holy name
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2016, London, England, Initiation Lecture) The eighth offense to the holy name is, “To consider the chanting of Hare Krsna to be one of the…
Planning…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.49-50) Our purpose is fixed and we should not let obstructing circumstances to block us permanently. Somehow or other, we…
Excuses, Excuses
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.6.11) I have a cartoon. The first picture shows a child, you know, baby just born and the caption says,…
An open invitation
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-dayā karaha vicāra vicāra karite citte pābe camatkāra (Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 8.15) Krsnadas Kaviraj Goswami is saying that the…
We love Krsna more than we think we do!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2016, Vrndavana, India, Bhagavad-gita 3.34) We may say that we do not love chanting so much but if I, as the government, would give an order,…
A moment of truth
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2014, Mayapur, India, Siksastakam Seminar: Verses 1&2, Part 1) The process of glorification of Krsna through his name is actually our means of purification. So we are…
Let’s get serious
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 December 2014, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture 6.1.50) Question: You have said that we are on our own and it is up to us to go…
Transformation
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 October 2015, Chowpatty, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.41) We are currently serving in the material world and using the paraphernalia of the material world in the service…
Focus on Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2011, Helsinki, Finland, Lecture) It is said that from all services, the chanting of Hare Krsna is the first and foremost. It is the most important. Of…
Chant for purification
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2014, Mayapur, India, Siksastakam Seminar: Verses 1&2, Part 1) Currently, our chanting may not be so complete, in the sense that it is free from any…
Chant and be happy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 06 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: The secret of spiritual advancement) It is said that the spiritual master is very pleased when the devotees…
The victory of the holy name
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 June 2015, New Govardhana, Australia, Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila 20.12) ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁ sarvātma-snapanaṁ paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam “Let there be all victory…
Surrender to the sound of holy name!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 March 2009, Introduction before Kirtan) The holy name of Krsna is descending directly from the spiritual world. It is out of Krsna’s unlimited kindness that he…