There was a famous play of a Mr.FishThe fish out of water, no matter what you give the fish: a golden throne, a bank account, a credit card, latest police sunglasses. Whatever you give to the fish out of water, it will not work, until there is water – then all the other things will

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2009) In this day and age of freedom we need to take responsibility ourselves. We have to set our own boundaries. One way, it is said, to set the boundaries is through the culture. One definition of culture is – it’s the way that one can express oneself in safe boundaries. So,

Kadamba Kanana Swami: Our life centres very much around Deity worship. Like now we are in the temple and in the temple room there are so many things, one must bow down when he enters the temple room, one must take shoes off – there are many things that one can do, that one can

It’s really not enough to just join the club, or to be part of the temple. It really means everything! Sooner or later it comes to that point. You can take thirty years; you can take fifty years and wait until you are really old – and in really old age you will say: ‘I

You are about to give your word and you just have to live that word every day – that word to keep these vows and to give yourself as servant of your spiritual master and to just be a preacher. “That’s what I really desire!” Then the vow will be ever fresh. So, one has

So it certainly is not the case where in spiritual life automatically our life will become easier. No not at all! ‘But shouldn’t we experience some relief of the pains of material existence?’ Yes but this comes exactly by, possibly even more difficulties. We are taking on so many difficulties in the service of Krishna,