Higher taste
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 June 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.13.17) Some people say that the greatest enjoyment in the material world is sex. Well, we can also say that…
Browsing: sex
Attraction, Attraction
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 December 2011, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.14.3-4) Affection and relationships should be there in our life but of course, they should not lead to…
It is possible to say NO to illicit sex!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 August 2017, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.10.26) Once Brahmananda Prabhu was speaking to Srila Prabhupada about his university days. Brahmananda had written in an essay…
As explained in the Brhad Bhagavatamrta…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 March 2017, London, United Kingdom, Soho Sunday Feast, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.5) Everything within the universe is going on according to the arrangement of the Supreme Lord…
The world is oversexed
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 March 2017, London, United Kingdom, King’s College Programme Lecture, Sex Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll) When I was a teenager, I moved to Amsterdam which is…
Association with mundane people
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 July 2005, Lecture) For a sannyasi to associate with mundane persons is like willingly drinking poison! And not only for a sannyasi but for a devotee too. One…
“You win a few, you lose a few!”
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 April 2016, Radhadesh, Belgium, Vyasa Puja Address) Many of you have discussed my health and it imposes some further limitations on me. What can I say!?…
Do you think sex is bad?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2015, Vrindavan, India, Video Interview) The essence is to consider the goal of life. When we think that sex is the goal of life, then sex…
What’s wrong with sex?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 September 2015, Durban, South Africa, BYS Retreat – Lecture at the Goshala) I was at a university in Johannesburg and there was a girl who said,…
The senses, the senses
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, April 2010) It takes some practice and willpower to just detach the mind from the senses. It can be done when one has no faith in sense…
Which ashram?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: Sexuality and Spirituality) Continued from “Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody” We are not speaking out against sexuality…
“Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody”
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: Sexuality and Spirituality) Continued from Childish problems Sometimes, people say “Swamiji, I really like your movement but the…
Childish problems
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: Sexuality and Spirituality) Continued from Wake up, sleeping souls You know, you fall in love and then you…
Wake up, sleeping souls!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: Sexuality and Spirituality) Continued from Sexual entanglement So now, let us shift to the soul. If we invest…
Sexual entanglement
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: Sexuality and Spirituality) The body is not offering us just enjoyment alone. Sex, how much does it satisfy……
We are in this together…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) This morning, I opened my lecture with the topic of sex life because we have these material bodies. Prabhupada said in the Srimad…
The shelter of an ashram
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.19.19) Srila Prabhupada explains, in terms of going to the forest, that the best of all forests is…
Sex: Is that all there is?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 07 March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.9.34) The whole world was talking about sex. At first, I didn’t know what it was but as I grew…
Sex in Vedic culture
I would say the world is over sexed, that is the issue. There is nothing wrong with sex – sex is fine. The Vedic culture is not hiding it – it is not putting it behind closed curtains. In fact, Vedic culture is very open about it. A couple that wants…
Special protection
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 10 May 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.6.50) Transcribed by Jnana-samudra das Meditation basically means to focus the mind. We have a mind and certainly we have…