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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.

 

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From the blog...

Kirtan Mela Mayapur 2015, Videos

Kirtan Mela Mayapur 2015, Videos

An ecstatic Kirtan Mela took place in Mayapur this past week with many of our great Iskcon kirtan leaders having participated. Hundreds of devotees traveled to India to be part of the experience while thousands from all over the world watched online. Kadamba Kanana Swami brought down the house a few times. As he mentioned

It saves lives

It saves lives

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.19.26)  Prescribed duty does not exactly sound like following the path of ecstasy. It sounds like, “Oh, I do not know if I can do this, if I want to do this?” But we rely on something else. Definitely, we rely on ecstasy! When devotees

On chanting of the holy name

On chanting of the holy name

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 18 February 2015, Sridham Mayapur, India, Kirtan Mela, Address before kirtan) Srila Krsnadas Kaviraj Gosvami, in the Caitanya Caritamrta (CC Adi 14.1), writes the verse: kathañcana smṛte yasmin duṣkaraḿ sukaraḿ bhavet vismṛte viparītaḿ syāt śrī-caitanyaḿ namāmi tam He explains that things which are in themselves very difficult become easy by the mercy

Kirtan Mela Mayapur, 2015

Kirtan Mela Mayapur, 2015

**Please take note. On Day 4, 19 February, Kadamba Kanana Swami will lead kirtan at 21:00 IST** Kirtan Mela in Mayapur takes place from 16-20 February. Below is the schedule for Days 1-5 according to Indian standard time (i.e. GMT +5.5). A live stream will be available on www.mayapur.tv

Where is our education leading us?

Where is our education leading us?

The Bhaktivedanta Swami Lecture, in honor of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada This is the first annual Bhaktivedanta Swami Lecture, given at Wits University in Johannesburg under the auspices of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Africa. The lecture was given last March. Since this is the first Bhaktivedanta Swami Lecture, let me begin

Behind the temporary

Behind the temporary

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 December 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Initiation Lecture) Behind all these temporary manifestations, behind the changing of the seasons, behind the changes that never seem to end, behind the endless waves of the ocean, behind all that, we see Krsna. We see that Krsna is constant, that Krsna never changes, that

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)