by KadambaFoundation | 07-Apr-2015 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 December 2013, Mayapur, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.10.24) One small anecdote comes to mind about Srila Prabhupada. It was late in the evening and Srila Prabhupada sat down to do translation work, at eleven o’ clock at night. So he...
by KadambaFoundation | 06-Apr-2015 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 January 2015, Germany, Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.16) Question: What can I do to stop my mind from criticizing others? On the surface, we can try to start by glorifying others. We can get out of the habit of criticizing others by creating...
by KadambaFoundation | 04-Apr-2015 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2009, Durban, South Africa, Lecture) When we chant Hare Krsna, we think, ‘I’m a great bhakti yogi! I mean, what can maya do to me!’ Meanwhile, Lord Caitanya is there, at every moment, blocking maya at every step of...
by KadambaFoundation | 03-Apr-2015 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 March 2015, Pretoria, South Africa, Evening Lecture, Bhagavad-gita 1.1) If we become purified, we can see Krsna, otherwise naham prakasah sarvasya yoga-maya-samavrtah (Bhagavad-gita 7.25), for the conditioned soul, Krsna remains avrtah, he...
by KadambaFoundation | 28-Mar-2015 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 May 2012, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) I used to live in Vrindavan a long time ago. In the rural areas, the medical facilities were sometimes worse than the disease. I was in hospital at one time and the doctors were fighting over me. One...
by KadambaFoundation | 25-Mar-2015 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 January 2015, United Kingdom, Lecture at Matchless Gifts) What do we really need? In the Bhagavad-gita, the quality of simplicity is glorified. If one can be simple, then one has all wealth. A person who is not simple has a hellish life. When...
