Browsing: Srila Prabhupada

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 8 April 2022, Durban, South Africa, Zoom Disciple Meeting) People say that, Prabhupada went back to Godhead. That is in a way minimising Srila Prabhupada because Prabhupada…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 August 2018, Vrindavan, India, Bhagavad-gita 4.9) In Germany Srila Prabhupada was speaking with professor Durkheim. In that discussion they were speaking about the soul being eternal…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2009, Vrindavan, India, Lecture) Love means to put our ideas aside for someone else. When we love someone, we will put our own agenda aside and…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 October 2017, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.17) As eternal servants of Krsna, our natural position is to render service. Our happiness lies not in any other…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 17 August 2017, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.4.5-6) We read about Vasudeva Datta who was such a great devotee. He wanted to deliver the entire universe by…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 August 2017, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.4.5-6) This Iskcon movement is a treasure box. It is sort of like a gift packet; a big gift packet…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 September 2017, Petite Riviere, Mauritius, Lecture) Some people say, “After 36 years that I have been chanting, I can see no result!” Do not worry, one…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 August 2017, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.4.5-6) I am remembering a lecture by Srila Prabhupada where he said, “There is a need to be hundred percent…

Please find below, audio recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kanana Swami captured during August 2017 at various programmes around Europe. Download all Germany and Sweden recordings (1.3 GB)…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 12 November 2016, Vrindavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.18.1-8) Just before I came to present this class, I met Gurukripa Prabhu who said, “I am going to listen…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2015, Vrindavan, India, Video Interview) I have no love at all. I selfishly go to Vrindavan, just thinking of how much benefit I can get. Thinking…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, August 2006, Goloka-dhama, Germany, Lecture) Prabhupada was real, Prabhupada was genuine, Prabhupada loved Krsna, Prabhupada saw Krsna and because Prabhupada said God is blue, He is blue!…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2010, Durban, South Africa, Lecture) Saintly people can touch the heart of all. In this day and age, as soon as we speak about a saintly…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.36) Real security is with Krsna. The more one places his faith in Krsna, the more everything becomes successful. This…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Untitled Lecture) Question: What happens to an aspiring devotee who may have read Srila Prabhupada’s books, read his lectures and loves serving and associating with the devotees but…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Untitled Lecture) The other day, I was reading one page of the Lilamrta and it was a description of a person who had come to the temple…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 May 2015, Brisbane, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.42) Yesterday, at the Sunday program, I mentioned that chanting changes us internally and it awakens our love for Krsna…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, July 2009, Serbian Summer Camp, Lecture) Question: I was thinking if I should ask this question. A confession goes along with it. I started Krsna consciousness twenty-one…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2014, Vrindavan, India, Lecture at Ter Kadamba) There was Hans Keilman. He was travelling in India and somehow he came to the Bombay Temple. While the…

(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…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture)  Srila Prabhupada was working and still he was very conscious of Krsna. As a householder, in 1944, in…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2009, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Lecture) At the end of our life, our own service will be judged but more important, is the service of our spiritual master,…

Transcribed by Kristin (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.9) In Amsterdam, during the opening of the temple, things went wrong! One devotee was supposed to…

Transcribed by Kristin (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.9) Prabhupada many times said, “A society of cats & dogs.” Some of his favourite sayings were…

The Srila Prabhupada Tributes 2014 book is a collection of offerings by all initiated disciples of Srila Prabhupada. This open Vyasa Puja book provides the opportunity for all disciples to express their…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 April 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture at House Program) Srila Prabhupada, as an old man, did so many things. Yes, he pulled it all together,…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2014, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Caitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila 8.27) The Nectar of Devotion speaks about the person with a heart which is like a cotton…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2014, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.8.5) The time slot is very short so, one last point, sarva maha-guna-gana vaisnava-sarire krsna-bhakte krsnera guna sakali sañcare (Caitanya…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.36) Srila Prabhupada spoke out about machines. He said that although machines are leading the degradation of society, he pointed out…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.2-7) Even though we do not look for austerity, we do not spend the whole day trying to avoid austerity.…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.20.12) Question: We might try to do something to elevate our consciousness and pray for the mercy but then…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 November 2013, Vrindavan, India, Lecture: Damodar Lila) Prabhupada’s preaching has not finished; it has not finished at all. As it continues to flood the entire world,…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 November 2013, Vrindavan, India, Lecture: Damodar Lila) Whenever I come to this Krsna Balaram mandir, I get excited because I am coming home. Like yesterday, Mother…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 August 2013, Abenthuer, Germany) om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakayacakshur unmilitam yenatasmai sri-gurave namahDear Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. You once…

We can appreciate how unique Prabhupada really is in the entire sampradaya. Lord Caitanya appears only once in a day of Brahma and after Lord Caitanya, who introduced Krsna Consciousness…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 February 2013, London, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.5.13) The Hari Bhakti Vilasa (is a book) which was conceptionalised by Sanatana Gosvami. Then Gopala Bhatta Gosvami together with Sanatana…