(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 20 March 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.7) Allen Ginsberg, the poet, had conversations with Srila Prabhupada. In reading Srila Prabhupada’s conversations, I liked the ones with Allen Ginsberg because he was not Prabhupada‘s disciple. The disciples were too submissive -when they asked a question and got an answer, they never really

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, June 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia, Radio Interview) In the same group (kirtan party) I saw walking up the street, I noticed that the men were leading and the women were at the back. Is that normal and why is that? It’s not everywhere that it’s like that. It’s a little bit old fashioned.

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 16 May 2013, Simhachalam, Germany, Srimad Bhagavatam 9.7.21) Transcribed by Jnana-samudra das There is so much impersonalism everywhere. In ISKCON there is also impersonalism everywhere. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave a personal explanation of the Koran. Unfortunately, we don’t have that explanation in its full form but we hear that he gave a personal explanation of the

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, June 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia, Radio Interview) All over the world, when you mention the word ‘Hare Krsna’, people will picture singing and dancing in the street. I experienced this myself when I saw the Hare Krsna movement walking through Bratislava; I noticed that everyone was smiling! It was difficult not to notice

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 28 February 2013, Vrndavan, India, Caitanya Caritamrta Seminar 3) We feel very human. Our identification with this present bodily existence and all the needs, is very strong. In the teachings of Sanatana Gosvami, there is a verse, kāmādināṁ kati na katidhā pālitā durnideśās teṣāṁ mayi na karuṇā jātā na trapā nopaśāntiḥ, (Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu