Touched by some shakti
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2014, Mayapur, India, Youth Class Lecture) At Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance festival, there was one lady who spoke and she was describing how she was a kid…
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Developing love for Krsna is our topmost goal
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 November 2014, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.19) To be free from sin, is the secondary result of bhakti. It is a secondary benefit of bhakti. Of course, we want…
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…
Oh my Lord, make me dance!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture at House Program) Prabhupada danced on so many occasions! But the most importance statement about Srila Prabhupada’s dancing is…
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…
Creating friendships
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture at House Program) In a small temple, with predominately congregational devotees – that means devotees who are maintaining a…
Lessons from life
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture at House Program) I was reading a quote from the German philosopher which I liked, and he said, “When an…
An important element of happiness
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Rama Naumi Initiation Lecture ) One element of happiness is giving mercy to others – that brings happiness. That always…
Dancing like Krsna’s puppet
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Rama Naumi Initiation Lecture ) There are sacrifices to be made in service. When one is just having a comfortable…
Some good advice
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Rama Naumi Initiation Lecture) Initiation is not only about the ceremony but afterwards, success in spiritual life always depends on…
A pact of false sentiment
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8) When we turn away from Krsna, we enter into endless material relationships; millions. It starts as a kid, this…
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…
So many religions in the world… why?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8) It is due to our rebelliousness that we do not want to take Krsna consciousness as it is. This…
Just now coming…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8) Srila Prabhupada stated that spiritual life means surrender – there is no question of spiritual life without surrendering. He said, “Just…
A symbolic story of penguins
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.50) In the 11th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, there is a discussion between Maharaj Nimi and the Nava Yogendras. At…
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…
Sweet surrender
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.8) The strong elements of the material world, of the heaviness of our suffering, are the symptoms of Krsna’s strong…
Turn on the light
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 December 2013, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.9.3) The brahma-jyotir is known to be the effulgence of Krsna but if we read a little more about the…
Understanding integrity
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 December 2013, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.9.3) How can we understand what is integrity? For example, different people have different levels of behaviour. A brahmana and a…