Browsing: material world

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 July 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Zoom Meeting) One day, I was in New York City and as I was walking, I saw a chapati machine. It was…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 February 2019, New York, United States of America, Bhagavad-gita 7.7) Do you ever watch Mr. Bean? Well, there is one episode that I like where he…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture) Gajendra (the elephant in Srimad Bhagavatam, Chapter 8) realised that this material world in itself has no…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 April 2017, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.68) Worshiping the deity is a way to regulate our lives but this is not the real thing about worshiping…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2008, Newcastle, South Africa, Lecture) My life took many unexpected turns. I made plans but I could not fulfill many of them and I had to face…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.52) We are not free to live life just as we want to: prakrteh kriyamanani, gunaih karmani sarvasah, the bewildered spirit…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Lecture: Kirtan Academy 2) Naturally, every devotee desires to see Krsna and the desire to see Krsna is not a fruitive one.…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2016, Durban, South Africa, Lecture at Sunday Program) Bhagavad-gita makes it very clear – we should not waste our time in trying to control the material energy…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 July 2013, Serbian Summer Camp, Fruska Gouranga, Seminar Part 2) I remember, one year I was with Sacinandana Maharaj and a whole group of devotees on…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 January 2015, United Kingdom, Lecture at Matchless Gifts) I remember a song from when I was young. I didn’t like that song. It was describing different…

Transcribed by Kristin (Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Bhagavad-gita 9.9) Krsna is full of love and full of kindness. We are too focused on the reality of…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.52) Because we are in the spiritual world, we are not really here in this material world. We’re only here…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Leicester, United Kingdom, Pandava Sena Program) We think that the purpose of life is to enjoy this world because we think that this word is a wonderful…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 December 2013, Soweto, South Africa, Lecture) In this world, we may think that some people are enjoying and that some people are suffering. We may think,…

(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…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.2-7) We can’t waste time trying to take away all the problems in our life; problems are built-in. I am going…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 February 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, Caitanya-Caritamtra Adi-Lila 1.2) So here we are, in the material world trying to enjoy. Srimad Bhagavatam just doesn’t say ‘fools’, Bhagavatam also…