Suffering – A bitter medicine
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 February 2019, New York, United States of America, Bhagavad-gita 7.7) How can we look at Krsna and see Him as the well-wisher of all living beings…
Browsing: suffering
Krsna’s mercy
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, November 2015, Vrindavan, India, Video Interview) When the living being turns away from Krsna then suffering begins. Happiness only exists in the relationship with Krsna so when…
Illusory beauty
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 March 2015, Stockholm, Sweden, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.1.4) After years of chanting, we may stop and say, “Why am I doing this? I don’t feel like it…
Searching for fulfilment
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.19.25-32) The material world that we live in has been created by the Supreme Lord and his agents. However creation…
Embracing restrictions
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 January 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.23-24) The human form of life is very different from the animal form of life. In the human form, we…
A humble beginning
(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…
There is no other way…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 January 2018, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.17-21) Comment: When I am deeply suffering, there is no desire to serve because the pain is overwhelming… Yes, when…
Give up suffering!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.14) We are not against material desires – no problem at all! Material enjoyment and material desires are no problem…
The Supremely loving one
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2009, South Africa, Untitled Lecture) How is it that the all good, all merciful and kind Supreme Personality of Godhead who is just full of love, who…
The regulative principles of liberation
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2016, London, England, Initiation Lecture) Endeavour is required to make progress in this material world and austerity is part of it but austerity is not…
Lessons from Coimbatore: Part 4
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2016, Coimbatore, India, Hospital Conversations) The spiritual world is where we should be. Residents of the spiritual world descend to the material world to preach. As…
All you have to give up is…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Untitled Lecture) My spiritual master was in New York dressed like a monk and a policeman said, “So, you are a monk, what is it that you…
The test of ill health
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 December 2014, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.50) Question: My wife and I have been struggling with ill health since we came to the Holy Dham, so…
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…
The bigger picture
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) When we look at all the devastation in the world, all the pain and suffering, then we think, “It’s too much! It is!…
The bottom line
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.20.13) Bali Maharaja had that mood, “Whatever may come, I will accept it as the mercy of the Lord…
Strong medicine
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 December 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.6.39) We have to take responsibility for the suffering that we are undergoing in this world. We have to own it…
A lesson on life
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2 June 2012, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.13.5) Worms are eating your insides, right now! You feel the pains here and there. Worms are eating your liver. Worms are eating your…