(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2016, Coimbatore, India, Hospital Conversations) The spiritual world is where we should be. Residents of the spiritual world descend to the material world to preach. As long as we are in material consciousness, there is struggle with the senses so we have to take responsibility of preaching like how Haridasa Thakur

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2016, Coimbatore, India, Hospital Conversations) In Satya yuga, there is no varnashrama but in Treta yuga varnashrama is introduced. In grhastha life, devotees are busy but still, we must study Srimad Bhagavatam because it is our main book. This book describes the hierarchy of Krsna’s various plenary portions and also the

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2016, Coimbatore, India, Hospital Conversations) Initiation is beginning of our spiritual life and is based on prescribed duty. One should never see the spiritual master as an ordinary person; the relationship with the spiritual master is never ordinary. Krsna enters the relationship; it is Krsna’s arrangement. Through the form of guru,

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, May 2016, Coimbatore, India, Hospital Conversations) Desire and hate, lust and anger manifests because we do not understand Krsna and this is due to our attachment to the body, iccha-dvesa-samutthena (Bhagavad-gita 7.27). We relate to our working senses – working, surviving and struggling – thinking we need just a little more and

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 June 2013, Vrindavana, India, Srila Prabhupada Pastimes Lecture) Question: What is the purpose of group chanting? Obviously when we do things together, it gives us support in different ways – it gives support in a positive way and also in another way like when your mind thinks, ‘Oh, I am so ill