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Our mission? Publish, promote and distribute music, books and other media. Manage copyrights and royalties. Translate books to many languages. Raise funds and start donor programs.
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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...
We are all Hare Krishnas now, meditation goes mainstream
By: Brendan O’Connor Article from the Sunday Independent Gradually they are coming out the woodwork. And suddenly it seems that half the people I know are secretly meditating. They range from casual transcendental meditators to practically full-blown Buddhists or Hare Krishnas. (The Beatles were taught meditation by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1960s) And
Cape Town, September 2014
Report by Brhat Mrdanga Das Maharaj arrived in Cape Town during the afternoon of the 15th and one would not be able to tell that he had done a Ratha Yatra in Soweto the day before. All programs were at the temple in addition to a university and a loft program. Maharaj relished longer than one hour kirtans
Soweto Ratha Yatra, 2014
Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in South Africa on 11 September and the very next day, he began doing programs in the Johannesburg area. These included a program at the University of Johannesburg, a nama-hata in Randburg and a program at the newly acquired centre in Midrand. On Sunday, 14 September, the 8th annual Soweto Ratha
Developing taste for Krsna by serving devotees
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 01 October 2011, Govinda Valley, Australia, Faith Retreat – Introduction) It is so nice to be focusing on Krsna, whether it is through his holy name, through some Krsna katha or whether it is through serving the vaisnavas. These are like the main ingredients of our Krsna consciousness. Especially by serving the
ISKCON Disciples Course Online
The ISKCON Disciples Course is a training program which deepens devotees’ understanding of guru tattva and guru padasraya within the multiple guru environment of ISKCON. Designed for new devotees preparing to take initiation in ISKCON, the course is also recommended for leaders, preachers, councilors and educators in ISKCON. The course was developed under the direction
Who are we really?
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30 July 2014, Swiss Retreat, Switzerland, Candramrta and Chandradoya Nataka Seminar, Part 4) We don’t know our eternal identity in the pastimes of Krsna at present. You never know how much of our eternal identity is coming through in our current identity. Maybe that brahmacari with the tattoos on his arm is

I've created this foundation to preserve my media and to support African preaching programs in South Africa
Kadamba Kanana Swami
1953 - 2023HH 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)


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