(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 January 2014, Mayapur, India, Lecture: Kirtan Academy 2) Naturally, every devotee desires to see Krsna and the desire to see Krsna is not a fruitive one. You might say, “Well, the top most level of pure devotion was to be free from all selfish desire so isn’t it selfish when we

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Lecture) There are devotees who live in the temple and relate to the world, and there are devotees who live out in the world and relate to the temple. Both these situations are acceptable but in both cases one must devote their life cent percent to Krsna! It is not just a matter of

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2016, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Lecture at NJP) Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila chapter 19 is a chapter dedicated to the biography of Rupa Goswami and how he receives instructions from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. What it begins with and which is interesting, is ‘lip service’. The term ‘lip service’ is found

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 02 May 2015, Simhachalam, Germany, Seminar, Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.8) trasto ‘smy ahaḿ kṛpaṇa-vatsala duḥsahogra- saḿsāra-cakra-kadanād grasatāḿ praṇītaḥ baddhaḥ sva-karmabhir uśattama te ‘ńghri-mūlaḿ prīto ‘pavarga-śaraṇaḿ hvayase kadā nu (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.16) “O most powerful, insurmountable Lord, who are kind to the fallen souls, I have been put into the association of demons as

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 April 2016, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Lecture at NJP) Life after life, we are adding more building blocks of karma, and more and more, we are adding to our material identity, that material destiny which will bind us deeply into so many complexities. So, we find everything difficult. “Do I really