by KadambaFoundation | 08-Oct-2014 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 09 October 2010, Melbourne, Australia, Lecture) When we offer a lamp to the deities, we try to lock the deities in our heart! We follow the shape of the deity as we are waving our lamp and we are trying to lock the deity into our heart. As we...
by KadambaFoundation | 02-Oct-2014 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 October 2011, Govinda Valley, Australia, Faith Retreat – Introduction) It is so nice to be focusing on Krsna, whether it is through his holy name, through some Krsna katha or whether it is through serving the vaisnavas. These are like the...
by KadambaFoundation | 30-Sep-2014 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2014, Swiss Retreat, Switzerland, Candramrta and Chandradoya Nataka Seminar, Part 4) We don’t know our eternal identity in the pastimes of Krsna at present. You never know how much of our eternal identity is coming through in our...
by KadambaFoundation | 29-Sep-2014 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 June 2013, Czech Summer Camp, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.2.33) Sometimes, household life is compared to a deep dark well in the scriptures. It maybe that one is a brahmacari or brahmacarini and then one feels, “I cannot do this anymore. It is time...
by KadambaFoundation | 26-Sep-2014 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
Transcribed by Kristin (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 July 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.20) Maya is not just waiting for us to fall down. Maya is just waiting for us to get close to the edge and suddenly, she would slap us down! Maya will slap you...
by KadambaFoundation | 25-Sep-2014 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, January 2012, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.9.4) It is said in the Bhagavad-gita that dishonour is worse than death! So one who has fallen down, such as a sannyāsī who gives up sannyāsa and takes again to household life, is described...