(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB 5.18.9 In the Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka, Kavi-karnapura speaks about bhakti and he makes a distinction: ‘There are two types of bhakti: Bhakti with nectar and bhakti without nectar’. I think it is a good division. One can possibly make a link, such as vaidhi-bhakti and rāgānuga-bhakti. But there

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB 5.18.9 If you look at Iskcon, in terms of its development, it changes very fast. Iskcon goes through very fast changes. I noticed it, sometimes when someone leaves Iskcon, and then writes an article on the state of affairs about Iskcon, and an exposure of what’s

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB. 5.9.4 The nine fold process of devotional service will certainly protect us in two ways. One way is that we will become purified and therefore our material desires will diminish and sense objects will not affect us in the same way. The other aspect devotional service

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB 5.18.9 Srila Prabhupada said: ‘Life is like hard wood and you have to carve Krishna out of it.’ It was a really good quote. It’s not going to be easy to be a sadhu or a saintly person, because the material world is not designed for

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB 5.18.9 It is explained that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu mentions to Sanatana Goswami that an important principle in devotional service is to give up the association of non-devotees. He classifies the non-devotees as: “Stri-sangi and asadhu.” Srila Prabhupada translates ‘Stri-sangi’ as a woman hunter, and the other

(Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 30 January 2012, Radhadesh) Why did Advaita Acarya have to worship Krsna to appear? Isn’t Krsna scheduled to appear once in a day of Brahma, in the Age of Kali? So what was the need? The reason that Advaita Acarya had to worship, that someone had to worship, is because Lord Krsna