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A Voyage To Transcendence

Navigate the ocean of material life with Kadamba Kanana Swami’s new book. Use the boat of bhakti to reach the far shore of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental abode. In A Voyage to Transcendence, Kadamba Kanana Swami offers a map and companionship. Drawing on Gaudiya Vaişnava teachings and lived experience, the book presents bhakti as the boat that carries us across the wide waters of nescience. Read more....

The new Media Database

We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Media Database. A growing digital library that brings together years of teachings, kirtans, lectures, and sacred moments into one easily searchable place.

 

🌟 Rediscover old favorites and uncover new gems.

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From the blog...

Serving with love and trust

Serving with love and trust

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 08 September 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa, Home Program) If we do not have any trust in devotees to guide us, inevitably we will do our own thing. But then how will we proceed? That is why there is a structure. It is not that the guru-disciple relationship is left up to us

Independence with a purpose

Independence with a purpose

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 24 April 2014, Radhadesh, Belgium, Caitanya Caritamrta Lecture) Focus of purpose is what I was thinking about and that is what I would like you to think about. What is your purpose? I am not going to carry people and sort of micromanage their life. Of course, if you want to ask about

“Vanity Karma” wins gold award

“Vanity Karma” wins gold award

“Vanity Karma: Ecclesiastes, the Bhagavad-gita, and the meaning of  life,” by Jayadvaita Swami, has won the 2016 Benjamin Franklin gold award for the year’s best book in the “religion” category. The award was announced by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), the authority for the awards, at a ceremony on March 8 in Salt Lake City. The IBPA is

Following the mood of the spiritual master

Following the mood of the spiritual master

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 25 April 2015, Radhadesh, Belgium, Lecture at Cultural Festival) What does it mean to follow the mood of the spiritual master? I think, it means that whatever is really important and essential to the spiritual master, that should also be essential to the disciple. Not that we become cat copies of our

Sunday Program in Durban, 10 April 2016

Sunday Program in Durban, 10 April 2016

Here are photos and recordings of Kadamba Kanana Swami from the Sunday Program on 10 April, taken at the Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple in Durban. KKS_DBN_10April2016_SundayProgram_Kirtan https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN10April2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_10April2016_SundayProgram_Kirtan.mp3KKS_DBN_10April2016_SundayProgram_Lecture https://archive.org/download/KKSDBN10April2016SundayProgramLecture/KKS_DBN_10April2016_SundayProgram_Lecture.mp3 

A drop of mercy

A drop of mercy

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, October 2013, Melbourne, Australia, Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.12) At one time, Krsna was establishing that he was the Supreme Lord and that all the various incarnations of the Lord were within him. So the gopis said, “If you are the origin of all the incarnations, then it means that Lord Ramachandra is also here.

I've created this foundation to preserve my media and to support African preaching programs in South Africa

Kadamba Kanana Swami

Kadamba Kanana Swami

1953 - 2023

HH Kadamba Kanana Swami Departs

Dear Devotees

On Thursday 9th March at 12.06pm, under the gaze of Śrī Giriraja, in the holy land of Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma, in the loving company of his spiritual master and the vaisnavas, with a resounding kirtan party, His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami departed from this material realm.

 

"Intelligent persons who take shelter of beautiful Vrndavana's opulent vines melting with motherly love, and throw far away the idea that they are material, become supremely successful, both in this life and also after death." (Prabhodananda Saraswati, Vrindavana Mahimamrta)