South Africa Travels & Media – April 2018
Written by Uddhava dasa While recovering from pneumonia in the UK, Kadamba Kanana Swami decided to visit South Africa for some health checks and to spent a month and a…
Browsing: Durban
Recordings – February 2017
Download ALL (zip file, 793 MB) Durban KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_QandA https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_QandA.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_NrshimaPranam https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_NrshimaPranam.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_Kirtan_2 https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_Kirtan_2.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_Kirtan_1 https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Kirtanuity_Kirtan_1.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.22 https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_17February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.22.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_16February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.21 https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_16February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.21.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_15February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.20 https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_15February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.20.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_15February2017_Initiation_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_15February2017_Initiation_Lecture.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_15February2017_Initiation_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_15February2017_Initiation_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_14February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.19 https://archive.org/download/KKSSADBNFebruary2017/KKS_SA_DBN_14February2017_Lecture_SB_2.7.19.mp3 KKS_SA_DBN_12February2017_SundayFeast_Lecture_BG_13.2…
South Africa, September 2016: Part 2
Written by Sesa Das I arrived in South Africa on Monday, 26 September, taking a break from the Bhaktivedanta Manor where I am a resident, and will travel with Kadamba…
Durban, September 2016
Written by Ragalekha dd Those who have known Kadamba Kanana Swami over the years were accustomed to his hectic schedule. Often one would be trying to catch their breath in…
The final programs in Durban, April 2016
In the last week of Kadamba Kanana Swami’s stay in Durban, there were three significant programs. On Friday, 15 April, on the special occasion of Rama Naumi, Maharaj attended the…
Sunday Program in Durban, 03 April 2016
Here are photos and recordings of Kadamba Kanana Swami from the Sunday Program on 03 April, taken at the New Jagannatha Puri Temple near Durban. KKS_DBN_03April2016__NJP_SundayProgram_JRM https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN03April2016NJPSundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_03April2016__NJP_SundayProgram_JRM.mp3 KKS_DBN_03April2016__NJP_SundayProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN03April2016NJPSundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_03April2016__NJP_SundayProgram_Lecture.mp3
Durban Ratha Yatra 2016: Recordings
Please find below recordings of lectures and kirtans from the Durban Ratha Yatra Festival. Download ALL KKS_DBN_25March2016_RY_MorningClass https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN27March2016RYKirtanAtJagannathaTent/KKS_DBN_25March2016_RY_MorningClass.mp3 KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Intro-bhajan-1 https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN27March2016RYKirtanAtJagannathaTent/KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Intro-bhajan-1.mp3 KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Lecture_The-true-meaning-of-charity https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN27March2016RYKirtanAtJagannathaTent/KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Lecture_The-true-meaning-of-charity.mp3 KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Intro-bhajan-2 https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN27March2016RYKirtanAtJagannathaTent/KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Intro-bhajan-2.mp3 KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Lecture_Goodness-Passion-Ignorance https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN27March2016RYKirtanAtJagannathaTent/KKS_DBN_26March2016_RY_Lecture_Goodness-Passion-Ignorance.mp3 KKS_DBN_27March2016_RY_Intro-bhajan-1 https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN27March2016RYKirtanAtJagannathaTent/KKS_DBN_27March2016_RY_Intro-bhajan-1.mp3 KKS_DBN_27March2016_RY_Lecture_The-Lords-plan-vs-our-plan https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN27March2016RYKirtanAtJagannathaTent/KKS_DBN_27March2016_RY_Lecture_The-Lords-plan-vs-our-plan.mp3…
Durban Ratha Yatra 2016
Written by Nimai It was a scorching hot Friday (25 March) that marked the beginning of the 4-day Durban Ratha Yatra Festival 2016. I attended the festival for the first time…
Sunday Program in Durban, 20 March 2016
Here are photos and recordings of Kadamba Kanana Swami from the Sunday Program on 20 March, in Durban. KKS_DBN_20March2016_SundayProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN20March2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_20March2016_SundayProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_DBN_20March2016_SundayProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN20March2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_20March2016_SundayProgram_Lecture.mp3
Sunday Program in Durban, 13 March 2016
Here are some photos and recordings of Kadamba Kanana Swami from the past weekend (12-13/03). Download ALL KKS_DBN_13March2016_SundayProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN13March2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_13March2016_SundayProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_DBN_13March2016_SundayProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN13March2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_13March2016_SundayProgram_Lecture.mp3 KKS_DBN_12March2016_HomeProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN13March2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_12March2016_HomeProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_DBN_12March2016_HomeProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN13March2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_12March2016_HomeProgram_Lecture.mp3
Snana Yatra in Durban, 06 March 2016
In the build-up to the Ratha Yatra Festival in Durban which takes places from 25-28 March, Snana Yatra took place on 06 March. Kadamba Kanana Swami was the guest speaker…
The Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakur
Kadamba Kanana Swami was released from hospital yesterday. His state of health is fragile and he continues his recovery at the Durban temple. With great physical effort, Maharaj made his way to…
Durban, September 2015
Written by Candrasekhara Das While South Africa commemorates the 40th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s visit to the rainbow nation, October 2015 has special significance for the Durban Yatra since it…
Durban, April 2015
We continue with reporting on Kadamba Kanana Swami’s visit to South Africa. It has been a very busy tour for Maharaj as he travelled between provinces, participating in various programs.…
Look for common ground
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Question: Can we have Krsna katha with Muslims and Christians? Will that change their hearts and make them…
How to please Srila Prabhupada
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Question: Please tell us the best way to please Srila Prabhupada and our spiritual master? In any given…
Durban, September 2014
From Cape Town, Kadamba Kanana Swami travelled to Durban on Monday, 22 September. His stay was a week full of exciting programs and kirtans. It started-off on Tuesday with an evening…
The servant of Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2010, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: Holy places in India) We sat down with some devotees at the base of Govardhan hill and there were Govardhan Silas all around…
Programs in Durban, 2014
In the days preceding the Ratha Yatra festival, Kadamba Kanana Swami did programs around Durban. Audio recordings and photos are presented below. These include Maharaj’s address at the disciple program…
Chandan Yatra, Durban 2014
From Mayapur, Kadamba Kanana Swami travelled to Abu Dhabi and then to Johannesburg to meet with engineers & other professionals in the construction field, to assist him with his report…
Social involvement
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 January 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.46) It is an art to have to deal with others. For me too! I could be very peacefully chanting Hare…
The first principle
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Lalita Sasti Lecture) Krsna’s message must be delivered. Prabhupada made it very clear. Prabhupada came to this world as a messenger…
When Krsna smiles
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Initiation Lecture) Transcribed by Radhadyuti dd In the Caitanya Caritamrta, it is stated that if one commits the ten offences then…
Krsna conquers us
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.38) One who remembers Krsna all the time becomes captured by Krsna. Krsna slowly captures us. It is said: jayati…
The real thing
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Lalita Sasti Lecture) This is the prayer of the spiritual master, “May all obstacles be cast aside. For you, may your spiritual…
The topmost beauty
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami Lecture) The beauty of Srimati Radharani is the topmost beauty but it is not ordinary beauty or merely external beauty.…
South Africa, September 2013: Part I – UPDATED!
Written by Bhakta Martin Kindt From Radhadesh, after a turbulent twenty-one hour night journey, Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in South Africa. After a short rest, on 7 September, together with Bhakti Charu…
Overcoming laziness
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.38) There is a part in us that does not want to surrender. That is the lazy part; it…
A little bit of love is helpful
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.6) When I was the temple president, we had a sannyasi staying at the temple named Radha Govinda Maharaja.…
Within the name
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.6) In the maha-mantra, there is a relationship. There is Krsna, the all-attractive Supreme Lord, and the vocative form…
Radhastami in Durban, SA 2013
After Janmastami in Abentheur, Kadamba Kanana Maharaja spent a few days in Radhadesh and thereafter headed-off to South Africa for a three week tour. Despite his still fragile health, Maharaja…
When it is called for
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.6) Talking about anger, Maharaja, how does one judge for oneself that our anger, or another’s, is not personally…
Early impressions
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, First grain ceremony) Growing up in a family of devotees, it is mentioned in the scriptures, is someone who is finishing…
Against the odds
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 4 April 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.10) Sometimes, you sit in the program and they rattle-off your devotional career in apprentice. In my case, “Was…
Reach out to others
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 December 2011, Durban South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 11.22.6) Always thinking about ourselves is our biggest problem. We have to start preaching. Just like this temple; it…
In the name of sankirtan!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 January 2013, Durban South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.46) Sometimes we see this mood, “In the name of sankirtan, anything goes.” It doesn’t really matter, break a…
No work = No food!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 January 2013, Durban South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.46) People work! All these noises come from people about people trying to make money. That is what this…
To be perfectly situated
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 9 December 2011, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 11.22.6) One time I was in Sridham Mayapur talking to Jananivasa, the head pujari, and he was saying, “It is very difficult…
Not following the rules but yet transcedental
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 January 2013, Durban South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.46) The general class of men don’t know the ultimate goal of life and they remain bound up within the…
How are people going to read Srila Prabhupada’s books?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 December 2011, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 11.22.6) We find that people read less or do not read at all. Public libraries are feeling the impact…
‘Forget it, no fumigation!’
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 January 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.46) Srila Prabhupada said, ‘Simply because you are dirty, that is why your house is infested with mice, rats, cockroaches…
The purpose of life
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2012, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 12.6.40) For a devotee who is always glorifying Krsna, death is not a problem. I was hearing how Prabhupada…
Made of liquid prema
(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23rd September 2012, Durban, South Africa) Lecture: Radhastami Talk Part 3 In various places in Vrindavan we find that Radha and Krsna had great…
