Carve out time for Krsna
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 1 December 2019, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.20) We see that brahmanas in Vedic culture would refuse to simply take up a job. They just lived from…
Browsing: spiritual life
Crossing the desert of austerity
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) There is an oasis in the middle of a desert, and in this oasis, there are many people living.…
Is spiritual life difficult or an opportunity?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) We make arguments that spiritual life is difficult. We always find a reason to say it is difficult. It…
Slowly but surely
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, June 2011, New Ekachakra, Slovakia, Lecture) Growing old happens slowly! You don’t notice it until one day you look in the mirror and you think, “Oh my…
The time is NOW!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 January 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.3.33) In spite of all our transcendental knowledge still, we are running out of time. Everyone gets caught…
Small steps to success
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, April 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila 200-250) In spiritual life, we are all facing challenges. We are aiming at a very high goal but we…
The transcendental dimension
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2009, Japa Talks) In spiritual life there is always the transcendental dimension – the dimension of auspiciousness, of purification, of eternal benefit and of getting…
Simple extravagance
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 February 2009) In Vrindavan, at one point I was the Temple President. It was a very big temple so I never had a peaceful moment! Prabhupada…
The spiritual dimension
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 September 2016, Durban, South Africa, Nama-hatta Lecture) The temple is the home of Krsna! It is also the Holy Dhama and the spiritual world. The scriptures…
The same script…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 December 2016, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.26.41) In this verse, we are reading about how the living entity in the embodied state is interacting with the…
Temple life!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2016, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Living in a temple is nice – it is simultaneously the material world and the spiritual world. I…
We must have some fun!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2014, Mayapur, India, Siksastakam Seminar: Verses 1&2, Part 1) Burning material desires may manifest in various ways. One way is that we think of sense objects.…