Bold tricks

Bold tricks

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.75) If sometimes, we feel a little dry in our Krsna consciousness – if sometimes we feel that chanting is good but difficult, if we feel like reading but we fall asleep, if we just...
A very exalted state

A very exalted state

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 15 September 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) Love of Krsna is a very exalted state. For us, there is first the need for purification, for overcoming desires to enjoy the material world. When these gross desires are conquered,...
Smuggling treasure

Smuggling treasure

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa, House Program) Harikesh was very smart, very intelligent. So when they were smuggling books behind the Iron Curtain, they had two vans that were exactly the same. One van would drive over the border,...
Take up the challenge!

Take up the challenge!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 October 2014, Vrindavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.13.22) Kunti Devi is explaining that one must be materially exhausted and take no more pride in the position of one’s birth, wealth, learning or beauty. However, it is very challenging to...
Do your best!

Do your best!

(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...
Look for it…

Look for it…

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 19 September 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Evening Lecture) Spiritual nourishment is a very important principle. Without it, there is no endeavour. We must always look for new, fresh inspiration and over time, you need more instead of less. In...