(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 September 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture) Gajendra (the elephant in Srimad Bhagavatam, Chapter 8) realised that this material world in itself has no value. There may be so much enjoyment in the world but what is its value when all the enjoyment is temporary and can never fulfil

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31 July 2005) The scripture says that if you chant the Holy Name of the Lord even once, you will be purified from more sinful activities than you can commit in an entire lifetime; imagine that! So can we all say the whole mantra just once: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2010, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) Another quality that I would like to see in individuals is kindness. Kindness is so important! We want to be on the receiving end of kindness but to be kind is so difficult however this is something that I see as being part of a strong

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, June 2011, Helsinki, Finland, Lecture) We should appreciate why Krsna consciousness is the best. We have to be thoroughly convinced that our life is much better than the lives of non-devotees. We follow four regulative principles; the regulative principles of freedom. When the rest of the world is caught up in sinful

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 June 2012, Leicester, England, Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-Lila 7.21) I remember the very first social development conference in ISKCON, which was very interesting because all the ashrams got to speak about their lives. I remember there was a gṛhasta who said, “I’m tired of being considered a second class citizen. Everyone is

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 April 2010, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture) If I think of what I would desire to achieve, it is to become a strong individual – strong in integrity, strong in character, to be someone who lives by his word, to be someone who embraces principles regardless of whether it brings me gain or