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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....

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From the blog...

Australia, October 2014

Australia, October 2014

Report by Kadamba Kanana Swami This afternoon (19 October), I left Australia. It was a good tour with so many different programs. First up, we headed north for a home program in Burleigh Heads. There is a cafe there and most devotees who are involved with the cafe came to the program. It was nice;

Potency personified

Potency personified

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 29 September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa, House Program) Tonight, we will perform this kirtan-yajna. It is the recommended yajna for this age. It is more potent than any other form of sacrifice. The Ādi purāṇa explains that by chanting, Krsna is directly present and we are directly associating with him. So, we

Setting an example

Setting an example

Transcribed by Kristin (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 03 November 2013, Vrindavan, India, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.09.12) Mother Yashoda showed a mood of unalloyed dedication to Krsna. Even when Krsna became upset that Mother Yashoda was not attentive to him, still Mother Yashoda was only interested in Krsna. It is said that mother Yashoda was stirring the yogurt

How to please Srila Prabhupada

How to please Srila Prabhupada

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 September 2014, Durban, South Africa, Sunday Feast Lecture) Question: Please tell us the best way to please Srila Prabhupada and our spiritual master? In any given situation, and at anytime, add Krsna and put him in the forefront. That is the most pleasing thing to our spiritual masters!

The appearance of Radha-kund

The appearance of Radha-kund

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 23 September 2012, Durban, South Africa, Radhastami Lecture) Wherever in this world there were great manifestations of love between Radha and Krsna, not only was it an extraordinary experience for those who were present there, but actually that entire place also became transformed. Various places in Vrindavan, where Radha and Krsna had

A season of optimism

A season of optimism

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 August 2014, Swiss Retreat, Switzerland, Candramrta and Candradoya Nataka Seminar) Caitanya Candramrta, Chapter 10 ( 111) Now that Lord Caitanya, His heart filled with mercy, has descended to this world, those living entities who had formerly never practised yoga, meditated, chanted mantras, performed austerities, followed various Vedic restrictions, studied the Vedas,

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)