Sharing the fruits
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 May 2020, Durban, South Africa, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) It is our mission to share the fruits of love of God with everyone – in the form…
Browsing: Lord Caitanya
An auspicious appearance
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 March 2019, Durban, South Africa, Kendra nama-hatta) The Lord is one without a second. He is inconceivable and He takes unlimited forms. Of all these forms,…
We are here by grace!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 January 2018, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.20) We have been given the gift of the holy name, but actually, we are given even more than that.…
Miracles of Nimai
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 January 2018, Murwillumbah, Australia, Home Program Lecture) From the very beginning, Nimai showed transcendental features as a child. For instance, he was showing the footprints of…
The movement of nectar bhaktas
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 March 2016, New Jagannath Puri, Durban, South Africa, Gaura Purnima Evening Lecture) Before the Ratha Yatra performed, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged in the pastime of the cleansing…
Becoming instruments of Caitanya Mahaprabhu
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 March 2016, New Jagannath Puri, Durban, South Africa, Gaura Purnima Evening Lecture) Devotees are looking for mercy. There are devotees who are quite amazing. I remember…
Sheltered from maya
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 January 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.17-21) No one is so powerful that he is not influenced by maya, the illusory energy. Even Lord Brahma can…
Empowered
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 January 2018, Murwillumbah, Australia, House Programme) It is said that the pastimes of Lord Caitanya are like the sky and different birds are flying on different…
Here and now…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, February 2013, Vrindavan, India, Lecture) We are not just hearing the Caitanya Caritamrta, we are not just reading the Caitanya Caritamrta, we are living the Caitanya Caritamrta right…
It’s Caitanya yuga!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 February 2013, Vrindavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta, Seminar 1) What yuga are we living in? Kali yuga? What yuga? CAITANYA YUGA! This yuga is no longer Kali yuga.…
Material misconceptions
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 February 2016, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Srimad Bhavagatam 10.2.19) Recently I bought a book by Sadananda Swami, the German sannyasi godbrother of Srila Prabhupada, a disciple of Srila…
The Lord’s protection
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2009, Durban, South Africa, Lecture) When we chant Hare Krsna, we think, ‘I’m a great bhakti yogi! I mean, what can maya do to me!’ Meanwhile,…
The lotus of the mercy of the Lord
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2013, London, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.5.13) In the sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the lotus is now fully opening. śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaḿ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam,(Siksastakam, verse 1) In…
On chanting of the holy name
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 February 2015, Sridham Mayapur, India, Kirtan Mela, Address before kirtan) Srila Krsnadas Kaviraj Gosvami, in the Caitanya Caritamrta (CC Adi 14.1), writes the verse: kathañcana smṛte…
Can we grasp the greatness of Mahaprabhu’s mercy?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 July 2014, Serbia, Summer Camp, Caitanya Candramrta Seminar Part 1) Sri Caitanya-candramrta by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Chapter 1, Verse 10 “Moving His hands and feet, raising the…
Lord Caitanya’s mercy: Reaching far and wide!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 July 2014, Serbia, Summer Camp, Caitanya Candramrta Seminar Part 1) Sri Caitanya-candramrta by Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati Chapter 1, Verse 1 “Let us glorify the boundlessly merciful Supreme…
A tidal wave!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar) After taking sannyasa, Lord Caitanya just began to dance in great ecstasy and so did Kesava Bharati; he started…
The anxiety of the Lord
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar) If we want to approach Krsna in a mood of friendship, then we must fulfill his desire. An…
Gopi, gopi, gopi!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar) Lord Caitanya was found to be in an ecstatic state of consciousness, chanting the name, gopi, gopi, gopi! It is said…
The greatest miracle
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 February 2013, Vrndavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 1) We can look for miracles and there are many throughout the Caitanya Caritamrta. But the real miracle is…
Attracting special mercy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 7 May 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.6.41-42) Question: Maharaja, our services and chanting are all absolute because our ultimate aim is to please Krsna. So, why does…
Meditations on Lord Caitanya
Taken from various classes given by Kadamba Kanana Swami The golden age “Lord Caitanya’s movement is the movement of spontaneity. It is not the movement of devotional service according to rules…
The roots of our sankirtan movement
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 February 2013, Vrndavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 2) Everyday when we offer bhoga, we chant certain mantras. We chant a mantra glorifying Lord Caitanya who distributed krsna…
The ecstacy of Lord Caitanya
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 February 2013, Vrndavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 1) We remember when Lord Caitanya visited Vrndavan. On the way, he became a thousand times more ecstatic, and…
There must be miracles
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 February 2013, Vrndavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 1) Whenever we speak about an incarnation of God, we need a miracle, “And he walked on water…” There…
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…
Worship of the Supreme Lord
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 January 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 1) So in the Adi-Lila, Lord Caitanya is a devotee only for a very short time when the love…
Drawing the attention to Lord Caitanya
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 January 2013, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 1) Sometimes, I think that when Srila Prabhupada presented Krsna consciousness to the world, he went about it a little…
Lecture at Mamgachi 2
Birth place of Srila Vasudeva Datta: Srila Vasudeva Datta was a very close associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “Vasudeva owns my body. He can do with…