The path less traveled

The path less traveled

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Initiation Lecture) I like to compare the taking of the initiation vows to a situation where the candidates are sitting in little boats in the ocean, and we are now preparing for take off. So we are...
Krsna as bhakta vatsala

Krsna as bhakta vatsala

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 January 2015, Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.21-22) Devotees of Krsna have somewhat of a different mood than devotees of Lord Rama. Devotees of Rama are very strict about dharma as Lord Rama himself, was extremely strict...
It saves lives

It saves lives

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.19.26)  Prescribed duty does not exactly sound like following the path of ecstasy. It sounds like, “Oh, I do not know if I can do this, if I want to do this?” But we rely...
Behind the temporary

Behind the temporary

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Initiation Lecture) Behind all these temporary manifestations, behind the changing of the seasons, behind the changes that never seem to end, behind the endless waves of the ocean, behind all that, we...