Half-baked surrender
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 3 May 2021, Simachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.27) Somehow, we are struggling to surrender in this movement. And in the end, for our half-baked surrender which was…
Browsing: surrender
A resolution to surrender now!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.11.25) We have to bring some goodness in our life and we have to invest in the mornings. Rise early…
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…
A movement based on sincere efforts
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 December 2018, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.21) Woody Allen once said, “You can go to a church, a temple or a mosque but that does not…
Surviving hardships
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 February 2019, New York, United States of America, Bhagavad-gita 7.7) We are experiencing how everything in this world goes through six transformations. Everything comes into being,…
Becoming steady
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 March 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Bhagavad-gita Lecture) Question: How does one become steady in one’s Krsna consciousness? By depending more and more on Krsna. In…
Succeeding in surrender
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 March 2018, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Comment: The process of surrender is meant to be dynamic and continuous. To accept favourable things and reject…
Fulfilling the purpose of Bhagavad-gita
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 December 2017, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 1.1) Dhrtarastra was blind; not just physically blind but also spiritually blind. This is because he did not understand the goal…
Combatting anxiety
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 December 2017, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 1.1) It is said in the scriptures that when we have a goal which is other than satisfying the senses of…
Ecstatic and blissful surrender
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 January 2008, Stockholm, Sweden) We cannot just declare, “I have surrendered!” No, one has to surrender again and again; it is an ongoing process. One has…
Be brave in Krsna consciousness
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 06 May 2002, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.11) Resistance to surrender comes from maintaining material attachments even after receiving so many instructions on this subject matter. This is what…
Krsna consciousness is a choice
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.4) Spiritual life has been challenging in every age, even in the satya yuga! Although in the satya yuga,…
Surrender unto Me
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2016, Midrand, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture, Bhagavad-gita 9.9) Continued from Elusive Krsna… Our Yogendra Maharaj is a very powerful preacher and he was giving…
Relative suffering
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2016, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) There was a video clip about teenagers in Australia who have a very hard life – they have…
We love Krsna more than we think we do!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2016, Vrndavana, India, Bhagavad-gita 3.34) We may say that we do not love chanting so much but if I, as the government, would give an order,…
Are you going back into your cage?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, March 2014, Sydney, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 4.39) When things get diluted, it is second best – compromised. From a compromised position, we still can enter spiritual life because…
Kamsa’s moment of doubt
Transcribed by Kristin (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 May 2014, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.23.36) In the Nectar of Devotion, we have a description of Kamsa’s moment of doubt. I like…
Sincerity and surrender
Transcribed by Kristin (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 May 2014, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.23.3-6) I always used to think of myself as a bit more spiritual than other people.…
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…
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…
Shaped by the vaisnavas
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2011, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) We have to be ready to be changed by the vaisnavas, by the directions of the vaiIsnavas. We have to be ready to…
With Krsna, anything is possible
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.20.12) We can come up with a hundred excuses to justify why we do not have to surrender. Part of surrender…
