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Feeding pride

Feeding pride

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB. 5.9.4 It is very interesting how we have such bachelors in our movement (and in the world) who are in a way renounced. But it is not renunciation linked to cultivating Krishna Consciousness. It’s simply renunciation out of convenience – out of avoiding the trouble….of having

Simplifying life

Simplifying life

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB. 5.9.4 The devotee in his private life will be inclined to minimise the involvement with material matters. For example the purports in the Caitanya-caritamrta, in the instructions to Sanatana Goswami, the gṛhastha-āśrama is described, and there Srila Prabhupada explains: “Yes, and those who are initiated gṛhastha

Kirtana Mela in Mayapur

Kirtana Mela in Mayapur

“The holy name was bouncing of the walls continuously. At night it continued in our dreams and at times I woke up and just started kirtana. It bounced against the wall of our false ego, making cracks and gradually breaking it. In the Caitanya Bhagavata it is described how Lord Nityananda engaged a group of

In the mood of Jaḍa Bharata

In the mood of Jaḍa Bharata

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB. 5.9.4 Jaḍa Bharata was extremely careful about getting involved with the material energy, and we can see to the extreme….to a point where he was not even caring about his basic hygiene, and those kind of things. So he was socially very aloof. He didn’t care

The body is a dead matter

The body is a dead matter

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, January 2012) Lecture: SB. 5.9.4 Jaḍa Bharata himself, who indeed had a fear of the material energy. This fear of the material energy, is described in the Bhagavad Gita, ‘sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt’ (Bg2.40) It is described as the greatest type of fear, and the greatest danger

Making a connection with Krishna part 4

Making a connection with Krishna part 4

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Mayapur, November 2011) Lecture – Caitanya-caritamrta part 7 Devotee: In Fiji, when the temple opened in Sigatoka, just over the fence, maybe four or five metres away from a house that was owned by a big businessman. When the temple’s kirtans got going, he’d get very disturbed. So he started a court

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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)