by KadambaFoundation | 10-Oct-2016 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2016, London, England, Initiation Lecture) When one is chanting and purposefully commits sinful activities, what happens is that Krsna withdraws himself from the holy name. One may still chant but all that is there is an empty shell; one...
by KadambaFoundation | 08-Oct-2016 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 August, 2012, New Vraja Mandala, Spain, Srimad Bhagavatam 6.3.31) We have doubts sometimes and we think, ‘Chanting doesn’t work! I’m trying to be a devotee for such a long time and I have been chanting for many years, almost every day but I...
by KadambaFoundation | 07-Oct-2016 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 05 June 2016, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 25.57) Question: How do we survive exploitation and abuse and at the same time not become an impersonalist who just renounces everything? We also need to continue to have a soft-heart...
by KadambaFoundation | 06-Oct-2016 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 April 2016, Radhadesh, Belgium, Srimad Bhagavatam 7.8.19–24) When we are struggling in our spiritual lives, it means that we have to put in more external activity. When there is an internal struggle, it means that externally there is a...
by KadambaFoundation | 05-Oct-2016 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, June 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, Lecture) I think that the only thing that can really bond us together is friendship. Just common acceptance of Krsna as the Supreme Lord will bring us together from time to time – we will come together at the temple...
by KadambaFoundation | 02-Oct-2016 | Media news, Transcripts and Quotes
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2016, Midrand, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture, Bhagavad-gita 9.9) Continued from Surrender unto Me. When we read about Krsna’s neutrality, we need to understand it in proper perspective. Krsna is looking at all the living beings...
