(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 December 2016, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.26.41) In this verse, we are reading about how the living entity in the embodied state is interacting with the material energy. Through the material senses, the living entity is experiencing material “rasa”. This is really the purpose of our material existence, to try and

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 December 2016, Melbourne, Australia, Bhagavad-gita 10.10) People are striving for wealth; they try to make material progress. This is not easy because we are not in control of destiny. One may get wealth but then, other circumstances may interfere and all the wealth may get plundered by some calamity. Therefore trying

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 13 March 2007, Nectar of Instruction Lecture) Giving charity to devotees is important because by doing so we can somehow overcome our deeply rooted material attachment. We must learn to give rather than to take, just like Jayananda did. Jayananda was Prabhupada’s dear disciple who had done so many wonderful things. He joined

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, September 2010, Zagreb, Croatia, House Program) Sometimes, we can see how Krsna speaks to us through someone else. This is clearly not by chance. Krsna actively communicates with us. Krsna is not a passive personality who just blesses us, Krsna is actively involved in our life – communicating with us and doing