Krsna’s beautiful nature
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 April 2019, Amritsar, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.37) Krsna’s beauty is not only external. His beauty is not only in His form and in His lotus eyes…
Browsing: Krsna
Acceptance of our destiny
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 February 2019, New York, United States of America, Bhagavad-gita 7.7) It is said that when it comes to the material energy, Krsna is not directly controlling…
The Highest Taste
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 August 2018, Vrindavan, India, Bhagavad-gita 4.9). The pastimes of Krsna have more power to capture the heart than any other pastime. Therefore, to develop love for…
Life’s lessons
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 September 2015, Lenasia, Evening Lecture, Bhagavad-gita 7.7) Besides the holy name and transcendental knowledge, there is one more factor in our life which is life itself. Life,…
Behind the temporary
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Initiation Lecture) Behind all these temporary manifestations, behind the changing of the seasons, behind the changes that never seem to…
He’s the one!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, February 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, Lecture) It is certainly good to look for inspiration in the association of devotees but we must also learn to find it when we…
That is Krsna!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 October 2014, Sydney, Australia, Sunday Feast Lecture) Who can understand Krsna? Who can understand that there is a personality behind all these unlimited energies? Who can…
Krsna is everything!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 August 2006, Goloka Dhama, Germany, Janmastami Lecture) One pastime that I like very much is when Krsna eats dirt. I like it so much because Mother…
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…
The all-attractive!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) If God is not divine, then what is the point? He must be divine. He must be extraordinary…
True beauty
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) The Supreme Lord is unlimitedly beautiful. But not the sort of artificial external beauty that is kind of…
Close to our heart
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8) The universal form of the Supreme Lord is too big! Srila Prabhupada said, “How can you dress him? Where…
Acquiring Krsna’s qualities
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.6.11) sarva mahā-guṇa-gaṇa vaiṣṇava-śarīre kṛṣṇa-bhakte kṛṣṇera guṇa sakali sañcāre (CC Madhya 22.75) This verse is saying that all the good…
“I’ll carry what you lack”
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 13.3) Arjuna Acarya was a pundit who was writing a commentary on the Bhagavad-gita, and as he was writing he came…
The purpose of Bhagavatam
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.50) When we speak about the eternal, in the opening verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam, we find the reference to…
Ever fresh
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.36) Why are topics of Lord Krsna always fresh? Well, it is said that when Krsna and Balarama left Vrindavan,…
Priceless
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 December 2011, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.13.46) When Krsna puts jewels on his body, the jewels get more beautiful. Usually it’s the other way…
Fulfilling the void
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 December 2013, Pretoria, South Africa, Evening Program) The essence of what I’m trying to say is that we must fill our life with service to Krsna. …
Beyond this lifetime
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.20.13) We see only the tip of the iceberg and never really know what is going on all levels.…
The most important person
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 September 2013, Lenasia, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) We have temples where we can associate of devotees and get new inspiration because after all, this is…
Nothing but a seeker
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: Journey of faith) I had been in India and had searched for more spiritual depth but I had not yet…
Where is Krsna?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, August 2013, Germany, Hamsaduta Seminar Part 2) The gaudiya vaishnav mood is, “Where is Krsna?” We are always looking for Krsna. We see the six Goswamis were roaming around…
Blissful Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 July 2013, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.6) In the opening verse of the Hamsaduta, Srila Rupa Goswami says that he is praying that a certain…
Meditations on Krsna
“Janmastami is not just an ordinary day! We must celebrate Janmastami – it is our spiritual duty! It is actually a day when we can permanently deepen our relationship with Krsna!” “One…
Unlimited beauty
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2013, Vrindavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.16.34) So this merciful aspect of Krsna is very important. To be merciful says something about the state of the…
Totally attractive!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 March 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Bhagavad-Gita 7.24) The law of attraction is there and we think that whatever we think about, we will attract it. But actually,…
Tightening the screws
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.6) Krsna consciousness starts with inspiration. First, it is the unknown spiritual benefit which gets purified and then attraction…
Accepting Krsna’s plan
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 October 2006, Cape Town, South Africa, Initiation lecture) Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that in Krsna consciousness, one must be prepared to change his life and…
Krsna!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 February 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, Caitanya-Caritamrta Adi-Lila 1.2) There are many eternal devotees in the spiritual world who are all competing with each other to attract…
The Krsna factor is always greater
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2013, London, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.5.13) Even if you do things at the most inauspicious time, when you chant Hare Krsna, it becomes all auspicious! Srila…
The prayer of a devotee
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2013, London, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.5.13) We get mercy through both Krsna and the devotees. Krsna is sending us devotees and devotees give us Krsna. So…
Simultaneously one and many
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 December 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Srila Prabhupada many times addressed mayavadi impersonalists because as soon as you go shopping in the marketplace…
‘I am the power in man’
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 December 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.6.39) We see that not only is the Lord extremely powerful but Garuda is also very powerful because…
Competition with God!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 October 2012, Melbourne, Australia) Commonly in most traditions, God is accepted as all powerful, all knowing, timeless, ageless, beyond matter and not affected by it –…
To give faith to devotees
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14th September 2012, Lecture: CC Madhya-Lila 13.1-8, Pretoria, South Africa) It’s not difficult for Krsna to kill demons, that’s obvious. He is all powerful so he can do…