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Kadamba Kanana Swami’s stay in Mayapur continues. His service with the Mayapur Master Plan and teaching in the Bhakti Sastri Course keeps him busy. Apart from that, he gives Srimad Bhagavatam classes and takes devotees on parikrama whenever possible. Recordings and photos are presented below. Audio KKS_Mayapur_01 December 2014_ SB_6.1.50 https://ia902703.us.archive.org/5/items/KKSMayapurNovemberSB6.1.32Russian/KKS_Mayapur_01December_%20SB_6.1.50.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_November 2014_ SB_6.1.32_Russian https://ia902703.us.archive.org/5/items/KKSMayapurNovemberSB6.1.32Russian/KKS_Mayapur_November_%20SB_6.1.32_Russian.mp3 […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, August 2010, Croatia, Lecture) Question: Can you define lust? If we serve our own senses, then it is called lust but if we serve the senses of Krsna, then it is called love. So love is about giving and satisfying others and lust is about satisfying ourselves. So, when we are the […]

Kadamba Kanana Swami is in Mayapur Dham for the last the month. Please find below the first batch of recordings from some of his engagements there. You may listen online via the media player or download by right-clicking on a title and save target as.   Audio KKS_Mayapur_09 October 2014_SB_6.1.19 https://ia601406.us.archive.org/9/items/KKSMayapurOctober2014EkadasiKirtan/KKS_Mayapur_09October2014_SB_6.1.19.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_October 2014_Ekadasi_Kirtan https://ia601406.us.archive.org/9/items/KKSMayapurOctober2014EkadasiKirtan/KKS_Mayapur_October2014_Ekadasi_Kirtan.mp3 KKS_Mayapur_October […]

Report by Martin Kindt Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in Sri Vrindavan Dham on the morning of Govardhan Puja (24 October). Gopal Krishna Goswami offered him a ride by taxi from Delhi, where Maharaj had stayed the night before. As soon as Maharaj arrived at the Krsna Balarama Mandir, he rushed to his room. The reason […]

Every day, I chant my japa early in the morning before mangal arati, just to chant sixteen rounds without any interruption. Pacing up and down in the room, chanting and trying to hear the chanting. Name after name, simple and sublime. Today, I was leading Mangal Arati, and an old Bengali devotee named Gaura Hari started […]

By Kadamba Kanana Swami   Krsna Matir Astu – May Krsna be on your Mind Yesterday, Yamuna from South Africa brought Visnujana’s ashes to Mayapur. Today (24 November), we placed them in the Ganga. Many little particles of dust mixed with the sacred waters. I asked Mahaprabhu to be merciful on Visnujana. Youth Program  Last […]

Visnujana Das (25 February 1988 – 12 November 2014) This letter is to all who were close to Visnujana – his parents, his family, his friends and the devotees in Pretoria. I am sharing grief with you all. Today we are confronted with the unexpected departure of Visnujana. I wish I could have done something […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 September 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) To always see Krsna everywhere and never forget him for a moment, to see everything connected to Krsna, is Krsna consciousness! In that way, we see Krsna’s energy and we see Krsna behind it. It may be that we see Krsna everywhere but […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.4) We are all in a material situation and I sum it up as, “Sometimes you are on top of the elephant and at other times, the elephant is on top of you!” That is material life, it is not going to always be […]

(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, conditions were very easy and very nice. There was no need to work; grains were growing naturally, fruits were everywhere. All that needed to be […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.4) The message of this purport is a very clear one and it is a message which we should not fail to present to the world, again and again. We must thoroughly understand it. We must understand that due to the fact that society […]

Kadamba Kanana Swami visited Australia last month. Here are recordings of lectures and kirtans from the programs that he did in various places. To download a recording, right-click on the title and “save target as” or you may listen on-line by hitting the play button of the media player.     New Govardhana KKS_AUS_03 October […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.4) Some people think that actually, the planet can only comfortably sustain one billion people. Which one billion should that one billion people be!? Some people think that the other six billion which we have currently, should not be there. Which category do you think they […]

(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, who is requesting Krsna, “Please accept him, he didn’t do well but accept him anyway.” This is actually how it works. Thus Srila Prabhupada is […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 September 2014, Mayapur, India, Radhastami Lecture) Krsna roams through the forest of Vrindavan and then, Krsna sees on a leaf his name written with red kumkum. Then Krsna plays his flute and when Krsna plays his flute, the entire universe becomes agitated… When Krsna plays his flute, the cows in Vrindavan […]

Report by Kadamba Kanana Swami This afternoon (19 October), I left Australia. It was a good tour with so many different programs. First up, we headed north for a home program in Burleigh Heads. There is a cafe there and most devotees who are involved with the cafe came to the program. It was nice; […]

From Cape Town, Kadamba Kanana Swami travelled to Durban on Monday, 22 September. His stay was a week full of exciting programs and kirtans. It started-off on Tuesday with an evening program at the New Jagannatha Puri Temple in Phoenix; followed by a program in Scottburgh on Wednesday, 24 September, which was a public holiday in SA. […]

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Report by Brhat Mrdanga Das Maharaj arrived in Cape Town during the afternoon of the 15th and one would not be able to tell that he had done a Ratha Yatra in Soweto the day before. All programs were at the temple in addition to a university and a loft program. Maharaj relished longer than one hour kirtans […]

Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in South Africa on 11 September and the very next day, he began doing programs in the Johannesburg area. These included a program at the University of Johannesburg, a nama-hata in Randburg and a program at the newly acquired centre in Midrand. On Sunday, 14 September, the 8th annual Soweto Ratha […]

The ISKCON Disciples Course is a training program which deepens devotees’ understanding of guru tattva and guru padasraya within the multiple guru environment of ISKCON. Designed for new devotees preparing to take initiation in ISKCON, the course is also recommended for leaders, preachers, councilors and educators in ISKCON. The course was developed under the direction […]

Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in India on 24 August and is currently working on the Mayapur Master Plan. Here are a few pictures of Maharaj out on an afternoon walk and Radhastami darshan of Giriraj. After his service in Mayapur, he will travel to South…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 September 2011, Berlin, Germany, Radhastami, Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila 142-145) Srimati Radharani is the hladini shakti – the pleasure potency of Krsna. Her whole existence is simply for giving pleasure to Krsna, her whole being is for that very purpose, for nothing else. Rupa Gosvami says that Krsna is millions and […]

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 realizations and to share in the common purpose of glorifying His Divine Grace.  To read more about the origin of this book, you may visit www.jswami.info. […]

Report by Antardvip das and Bhaktin Klara After teaching at that Kirtan Course in Radhadesh, Maharaj arrived in Prague, Czech Republic late on Saturday night (19 July). After taking rest in the Luzce temple, Maharaj left for the Prague city center where at Wenceslas Square, the 7th annual Ratha Yatra was just ready to start. […]

Well, as they say, a picture paints a thousand words! A photograph can convey thoughts and ideas which words alone sometimes, cannot do justice to. Images can thrill us and inspire us; they can be heart-breaking and incite outrage; they can bring tears to our eyes and can also lift our spirits. Images are powerful […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 December 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture at house program) In the Caitanya Candrodaya Nataka, in the pastime just after Lord Caitanya takes sannyasa, Nityananda sends a message to Advaita Archarya that all the devotees are in separation that very soon Nityananda will arrange that somehow the Lord will come to his (Advaita Archarya’s) house. […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 21 December 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, Lecture at house program) The family of vaisnavas is somehow or other our support. Prabhupada made this movement a very personal one. In the beginning, we overlook how important relationships are because we are not used to it. In the material world, when a relationship does not work, you […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 June 2014, Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-Lila 8.63-66) When Krsna left Vrindavan and entered the wrestling arena in Mathura, which was all staged by Kamsa, it is described that different people in the audience were perceiving Krsna in different ways. Some were seeing Krsna as paramatma; the ladies in Mathura […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 22 June 2014, Bhaktivedanta Manor, London, Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-Lila 8.63-66) It is mentioned in the Hari Bhakti Vilasa that if one accepts the worship of a deity then, not only should one worship that deity very nicely during his lifetime, but one is also responsible to make sure that the seva puja […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 April 2014, Durban, South Africa, Lecture: The glories of the holy name) Krsna’s beauty is stunning! It is said that those devotees who look at Krsna, they gradually become stunned! I am worshipping Krsna in the form of Giriraja Govardhan. It is said that Govardhan Hill is non-different from Krsna. Somehow […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 January 2014, Durban, South Africa, Lecture) Lord Krsna is our eternal companion. Anywhere and everywhere, Krsna is always with us! It is said that in many ways Krsna is with us. Krsna is present in the material world as the paramatma. Dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā, (Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 4.6). There are two birds […]

Report by Antardvip Das and Bhaktin Klara From Modra (Slovakia), Kadamba Kanana Swami travelled to Czech on Tuesday (20 May). The first stop was at the village Nove Sady or New Nandagram which is a devotee community currently consisting of eight families. In the presence of Their Lordships Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra, a yajna took […]

Report by Gopali dasi On Friday (16 May), Kadamba Kanana Swami flew from Germany to Vienna (Austria) which is near Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. On Sunday morning, he presented a lecture at the Bhaktiloka centre in Bratislava and narrated a story from the Hamsa Dutta. The story was about Krsna missing the residents of Vrindavan and […]

(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 swab – a tiny, little, fine thread of cotton that at the slightest breeze starts trembling; then it speaks about a person with a golden […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 May 2014, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Caitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila 8.27) There is a story about a vaisnava, in the time of the goswamis when the Radha Govinda deities were still in Vrindavan, who was serving in that temple in a very humble position – he used to sweep the courtyard. In […]

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 March 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.5.1) We have our natures and are naturally attracted to a particular type of service; that is fine! But we should not become specialists and say, “I can do only this and nothing else!” When required, we must be able to do anything […]

Report by Bhaktin Nicole who is currently on a year long visit to Manchester Following his Vyasa Puja celebration in Radhadesh, Kadamba Kanana Swami went on a short tour of England with programs at Bhaktivedanta Manor, Soho Street temple and Leicester. He also attended Birmingham’s 15th Annual 24 Hour Kirtan from 10th- 11th May. It […]