Honesty & Humility
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 December 2021, Radhadesh, Belgium, Zoom Disciple Meeting) If we are honest, then we must admit that we are not perfect. If we are honest, then we…
Browsing: humility
Overcoming our lower nature
(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…
The pressure to be super good!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.52) Humility is something alien in the modern world. We had a comic in Holland; I saw it as a…
To accept guidance from others is true humility
(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,…
Humility and Love of God
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Untitled Lecture) The quality of humility and the quality of being able to develop love of God come together. It is not possible to develop love of…
Cryptic clues
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 June 2012, Leicester, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.7) I got one of those sweatshirts with a hoodie and it said BBT. It was not from the Bhaktivedanta…
Humility
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2014, Mayapur, India, Siksastakam Seminar: Verses 3&4, Part 2) Humility is our main topic of the day. I was thinking that humility also includes other qualities. For…
Relationships ARE complicated
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 October 2012, Cronulla, Australia, Program at Yoga Studio) One of the qualities of a devotee is kṣamā which means forgiveness. In this world, every relationship must…
Is dishonour worse than death?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, January 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.9.4) It is said in the Bhagavad-gita that dishonour is worse than death! So one who has fallen down, such as…
The wall of false ego
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 May 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, Lecture at Govindas) The wall of false ego is cemented by pride – ‘I’ and ‘mine’. When we take pride in…
Blessed by the best
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, April 2012, Zurich, Switzerland, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.34) By nature, we are weak! The weakness manifests in many ways. Earlier, I spoke about lust but another quality by…
Developing good qualities
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 December 2013, Soweto, South Africa, Lecture) Although we are not so humble, by offering obeisances to the other vaisnavas, we can develop some humility. When we…
It comes with age
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 December 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.8.34) Elderly men are supposed to be wise because they have been faced with life. An elderly person…
Humility through intelligence
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium, Free Lecture) Question: Maharaj, you made a comment in reference to Lord Indra, that he should have controlled his pride with intelligence.…
Humility in great vaisnavas
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 March 2013, Vrndavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.27.10) Srila Prabhupada would occasionally speak out in great humility. For example, there is the purport of Srimad Bhagavatam, in…
