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Written by Sesa Das  On Saturday morning (01 October), Kadamba Kanana Swami flew from Durban to Cape Town and was joyfully welcomed at the airport by a group of devotees, and we drove to the temple about 15 km away. Later on in the day, we went to Sea Point along the Cape Town coast […]

Written by Sesa Das  I arrived in South Africa on Monday, 26 September, taking a break from the Bhaktivedanta Manor where I am a resident, and will travel with Kadamba Kanana Swami until the end of October. Here is an account of our travels… On Tuesday evening (27th September), Maharaj had another session with the […]

Please find below recent recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kanana Swami.  Download ALL (zip file, 931 MB) Johannesburg  KKS_SA_13October2016_SowetoProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_SA_13October2016_SowetoProgram_Lecture.mp3 KKS_SA_13October2016_SowetoProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_SA_13October2016_SowetoProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SA_11October2016_PTA_TempleProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_SA_11October2016_PTA_TempleProgram_Lecture.mp3 KKS_SA_11October2016_PTA_TempleProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_SA_11October2016_PTA_TempleProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SA_08October2016_JHB_NamaHatta_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_SA_08October2016_JHB_NamaHatta_Lecture.mp3 KKS_SA_08October2016_JHB_NamaHatta_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_SA_08October2016_JHB_NamaHatta_Kirtan.mp3     Cape Town KKS_CPT_06October2016_StellenboschUniversityProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_06October2016_StellenboschUniversityProgram_Lecture.mp3 KKS_CPT_06October2016_StellenboschUniversityProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_06October2016_StellenboschUniversityProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_CPT_06October2016_Lecture_SB_1.9.44 https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_06October2016_Lecture_SB_1.9.44.mp3 KKS_CPT_05October2016_SpiritMattersProgram_ShortLecture https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_05October2016_SpiritMattersProgram_ShortLecture.mp3 KKS_CPT_05October2016_SpiritMattersProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_05October2016_SpiritMattersProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_CPT_05October2016_Lecture_SB_1.9.43 https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_05October2016_Lecture_SB_1.9.43.mp3 KKS_CPT_04October2016_EveningProgram_Lecture_BG_9.9 https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_04October2016_EveningProgram_Lecture_BG_9.9.mp3 KKS_CPT_04October2016_EveningProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_04October2016_EveningProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_CPT_03October2016_SundayFeast_Lecture_BG_7.7 https://archive.org/download/KKSCPT05October2016SpiritMattersProgramKirtan/KKS_CPT_03October2016_SundayFeast_Lecture_BG_7.7.mp3 KKS_CPT_03October2016_SundayFeast_Kirtan […]

Please find below recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kanana Swami captured during September.  Download ALL (zip file, 1.3 GB) Durban  KKS_DBN_30September2016_YouthProgram_Short_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_30September2016_YouthProgram_Short_Lecture.mp3 KKS_DBN_30September2016_YouthProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_30September2016_YouthProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_DBN_29September2016_HouseProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_29September2016_HouseProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_DBN_27September2016_Lecture_SB_2.4.19 https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_27September2016_Lecture_SB_2.4.19.mp3 KKS_DBN_27September2016_CC_BookClub https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_27September2016_CC_BookClub.mp3 KKS_DBN_25September2016_NJP_KirtanFestival https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_25September2016_NJP_KirtanFestival.mp3 KKS_DBN_25September2016_SundayFeast_PMB_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_25September2016_SundayFeast_PMB_Lecture.mp3 KKS_DBN_25September2016_SundayFeast_PMB_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_25September2016_SundayFeast_PMB_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_DBN_20September2016_CC_BookClub https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_20September2016_CC_BookClub.mp3 KKS_DBN_16September2016_Kendra_NamaHatta_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_16September2016_Kendra_NamaHatta_Lecture.mp3 KKS_DBN_16September2016_Kendra_NamaHatta_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_16September2016_Kendra_NamaHatta_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_DBN_11September2016_SundayFeast_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_11September2016_SundayFeast_Lecture.mp3 KKS_DBN_11September2016_SundayFeast_JayaRadhaMadhava https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_11September2016_SundayFeast_JayaRadhaMadhava.mp3 KKS_DBN_09September2016_Radhastami_Lecture_Evening https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_09September2016_Radhastami_Lecture_Evening.mp3 KKS_DBN_09September2016_Radhastami_Lecture_Midday https://archive.org/download/KKSSeptember2016/KKS_DBN_09September2016_Radhastami_Lecture_Midday.mp3   Cape Town  […]

(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 should not associate with women who are addicted to lusty desires nor should one associate with men who are addicted to such women. This is […]

(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 the goal. In Krsna consciousness also, whatever austerities are connected to initiation is not the goal; that is not the meditation. When we speak about […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 October 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Home Program) During this month of Damodar, there is the chance of making special advancement. Those who go to Vrindavan during the month of Kartik are very fortunate. It is said that in Vrindavan during Kartik, one can make many times more advancement than under normal conditions […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 October 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Home Program) In the Bhagavad-gita 10.35, Krsna says that of all the months, “I am marga-sirsa,” which is a name for the November-December period. It is said that before Krsna, first comes Radha – Radha-Krsna, Radha-Syam, Sita-Ram, like that. First the consort of the Lord is mentioned. […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 October 2011, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) We simplify our life just for the sake of chanting Hare Krsna. There is no other reason. We can have everything – we can have the biggest house in the street, we can have five cars if we want to – one for every family member […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2016, London, England, Initiation Lecture) The eight offense to the holy name is, “To consider the chanting of Hare Krsna to be one of the auspicious ritualistic activities offered in the Vedas as fruitive activities, karma-kanda.” We have said this many times but what does it mean. There are different […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2016, London, England, Initiation Lecture) Once I gave initiation in Mayapur to a devotee and afterward, we met Jananivasa Prabhu. I said to Jananivasa Prabhu that I just gave initiation to this devotee, could you please just give him your blessings. Jananivasa Prabhu said, “Oh, you just took initiation! This […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2016, London, England, Initiation Lecture) When one is chanting and purposefully commits sinful activities, what happens is that Krsna withdraws himself from the holy name. One may still chant but all that is there is an empty shell; one may chant for many, many births and still not get the […]

Please find below recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kanana Swami captured during August.  Download ALL (zip file, 834 MB) Slovenia KKS_SLOVENIA_26August2016_Srila_Prabhupada_Vyasa_Puja_Address https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_SLOVENIA_26August2016_Srila_Prabhupada_Vyasa_Puja_Address.mp3 KKS_SLOVENIA_25August2016_Janmastami_Evening_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_SLOVENIA_25August2016_Janmastami_Evening_Lecture.mp3 KKS_SLOVENIA_25August2016_Janmastami_Short_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_SLOVENIA_25August2016_Janmastami_Short_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SLOVENIA_25August2016_Janmastami_Morning_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_SLOVENIA_25August2016_Janmastami_Morning_Lecture.mp3 KKS_SLOVENIA_24August2016_Evening_Lecture_SB_10.1.3 https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_SLOVENIA_24August2016_Evening_Lecture_SB_10.1.3.mp3 KKS_SLOVENIA_24August2016_Evening_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_SLOVENIA_24August2016_Evening_Kirtan.mp3   Croatia KKS_CROATIA_23August2016__EveningProgram_Lecture_CC_Adi_7.20 https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_23August2016__EveningProgram_Lecture_CC_Adi_7.20.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_23August2016__EveningProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_23August2016__EveningProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_22August2016__Lecture_SB_10.10.15 https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_22August2016__Lecture_SB_10.10.15.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_21August2016__SundayProgram_Initiation_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_21August2016__SundayProgram_Initiation_Lecture.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_21August2016__SundayProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_21August2016__SundayProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_20August2016__EveningProgram_NOI_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_20August2016__EveningProgram_NOI_Lecture.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_20August2016__EveningProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_20August2016__EveningProgram_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_19August2016_HouseProgram_Lecture_CC_Antya_7.6 https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_19August2016_HouseProgram_Lecture_CC_Antya_7.6.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_18August2016_BalaramasAppearanceDay_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSseptAug/KKS_CROATIA_18August2016_BalaramasAppearanceDay_Lecture.mp3 KKS_CROATIA_18August2016_BalaramasAppearanceDay_Kirtan […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 August, 2012, New Vraja Mandala, Spain, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.3.31) We have doubts sometimes and we think, ‘Chanting doesn’t work! I’m trying to be a devotee for such a long time and I have been chanting for many years, almost every day but I feel that I am still the same fallen […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 June 2016, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 25.57) Question: How do we survive exploitation and abuse and at the same time not become an impersonalist who just renounces everything? We also need to continue to have a soft-heart in order to love Krsna. Abuse is very disgusting. As I said earlier, yayedaà dhäryate jagat […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 April 2016, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.8.19–24) When we are struggling in our spiritual lives, it means that we have to put in more external activity. When there is an internal struggle, it means that externally there is a vacuum, that externally we have not put in enough worship of Krsna, […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, June 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, Lecture) I think that the only thing that can really bond us together is friendship. Just common acceptance of Krsna as the Supreme Lord will bring us together from time to time – we will come together at the temple and festivals – but friendship will take us […]

Please find below recordings of lectures and kirtans by Kadamba Kanana Swami taken during July and August. ** Download ALL (617 MB) New Vraja Mandala – Spain KKS_SPAIN_14August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSJulyAugust2016/KKS_SPAIN_14August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SPAIN_14August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Lecture_CC_Madhya_11.217 https://archive.org/download/KKSJulyAugust2016/KKS_SPAIN_14August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Lecture_CC_Madhya_11.217.mp3 KKS_SPAIN_12August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Lecture_SB_12.13.23 https://archive.org/download/KKSJulyAugust2016/KKS_SPAIN_12August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Lecture_SB_12.13.23.mp3 KKS_SPAIN_12August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSJulyAugust2016/KKS_SPAIN_12August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_SPAIN_11August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSJulyAugust2016/KKS_SPAIN_11August2016_NewVrajaMandala_Kirtan.mp3 Pandava Sena Retreat – Germany  KKS_GER_03August2016_PandavaSenaRetreat_Kirtan_JayaRadhaMadhava https://archive.org/download/KKSJulyAugust2016/KKS_GER_03August2016_PandavaSenaRetreat_Kirtan_JayaRadhaMadhava.mp3 KKS_GER_03August2016_PandavaSenaRetreat_Intro_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSJulyAugust2016/KKS_GER_03August2016_PandavaSenaRetreat_Intro_Lecture.mp3 *We are missing some recordings here as many files were […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2016, Midrand, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture, Bhagavad-gita 9.9) Continued from Surrender unto Me. When we read about Krsna’s neutrality, we need to understand it in proper perspective. Krsna is looking at all the living beings and thinks, “Please, do not get so entangled in the material energy. Just somehow […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2016, Midrand, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture, Bhagavad-gita 9.9) A few years ago, I was involved for a while with the Mayapur Master Plan and one of the plans was to create a special exhibition using hologram technology. It was interesting because they showed us a film that was made […]

Written by Nimai A visit to Johannesburg Kadamba Kanana Swami spent the week after Radhastami in Durban and then decided to fly to Johannesburg for a short visit so we left Durban on Saturday morning (17 September). Upon arrival in Johannesburg, we were fetched by Maharaj’s disciple Hrdaya Caitanya and first we spent a few […]

(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 a lecture in India. At one point, he asked the crowd, “Who is ready to give his life to Krsna.” There was no response. Are […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2016, Midrand, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture, Bhagavad-gita 9.9) brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja (CC Madhya 19.151) Life after life, we are travelling through this material universe. Sometimes we reside in higher planetary systems and sometimes we reside here, in the middle planetary systems. Krsna is said […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2014, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.52) We are not free to live life just as we want to: prakrteh kriyamanani, gunaih karmani sarvasah, the bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities which are in actuality carried out […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.49-50) Our purpose is fixed and we should not let obstructing circumstances to block us permanently. Somehow or other, we must find a way to fulfill our purpose which is to chant sixteen rounds and to follow four regulative principles. This is our first austerity, […]

Written by Ragalekha dd Those who have known Kadamba Kanana Swami over years were accustomed to his hectic schedule. Often one would be trying to catch their breath in between attending multiple programs a day. However, things have changed drastically now. Maharaj continues in recovery mode and in the week after Radhastami, there were just […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 December 2015, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.17.36-37) We will be tested in our lives. It is not, ‘Maybe we will be tested!’ We WILL BE tested as this is the nature of devotional service. Srimad Bhagavatam is meant to guide us on how to act in a trying situation where we may […]

Written by Ragalekha dd After landing in South Africa on 01 September and spending a week in Cape Town, Kadamba Kanana Swami and Nimai travelled to Durban on Thursday (08 September) accompanied by a host of disciples including international visitors: Gita Govinda (Netherlands), Prasanatma Prabhu (Belgium) and Harinamananda (Australia). Vibhu Caitanya Das fetched Maharaj from […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2016, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Spiritual life can be received in any state of mind. If the seed of bhakti is received when we are in ignorance, when there are unwanted activities, actions, etc. then these other “creepers” choke the “devotional creeper”. Even in the mode of passion, […]

(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 compare temple life to a blanket. I travel a lot and have different blankets all the time and sometimes, the blanket is too long, too […]

Recently, Kadamba Kanana Swami went to Durban for the first of regular health check-ups which are scheduled to happen every six months. All was well, no recurrence of the disease was detected and the low iron also has improved. Maharaj will still focus on recovery and will travel and do programs at a slower pace than […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 11 September 2016, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Krsna does not have work to do; everything is simply going on by his desire. Whatever Krsna desires will happen. If we should have this power, it would be dangerous. If whatever we desire would happen, we would be in trouble since we […]

Written by Vasanti dd The devotees of Cape Town were very happy to finally have Kadamba Kanana Swami’s association again since his visit in December last year. He arrived on Friday, 02 September and rested at the temple that afternoon before his week of activities in Cape Town began where he gave a lot of […]

Written by Nimai  Kadamba Kanana Swami enjoyed the Janmastami festival and Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja celebration in Ljubljana a lot, however we could not stay longer afterward as we had a tight schedule to follow. So we left to the airport on the evening of Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja (26 August) and travelled to Berlin, Germany. […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2012, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami Lecture) Mother Yasoda wants only the best for her son so she grows very special grass which is fed to very special cows who then produce very special milk. Then early in the morning, she calls for Srimati Radharani. Srimati Radharani, at that time, is staying […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 September 2011, Berlin, Germany, Radhastami, Caitanya Caritamrta, Adi Lila 142-145) I like the comparison, of the love of Srimati Radharani to a mirror which reflects the qualities of Krsna – as she discovers more and more qualities of Krsna, her love is just responding to those qualities. In this way, the […]

(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. Another way may be that we do not think of sense objects – as devotees, we can come to a stage where we do not […]