It is said that Krsna steals our vision, He steals our ability to hear, He steals the function of all our senses – that is Krsna. Thus one who has seen Krsna cannot see anything else. He becomes blind. He becomes deaf. He becomes dumb. He cannot speak about mundane subjects anymore. (Kadamba Kanana Swami,

Prabhupada once said to one devotee,”Take shelter of Krsna, because Krsna is your best friend” So this devotee said, “ Srila Prabhupada actually you are our best friend !” Prabhupada said, “No, I’m not your best friend, Krsna is your best friend, because I may disappoint you, but Krsna never will!” (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban

Just like one female disciple of Srila Prabhupada was in New Vrndavana and at that time Srila Prabhupada had come to New Vrndavana after a long time. There was really no road; they used to call it the Agasura road. It was like a curving road through the hills. No car could drive there so

The only thing that we overlook is that Lord Caitanya is not judging us by what we achieve but He is judging us by the endeavor we make. Its more the endeavor that we make that counts than actually the results. We so are used to systems of exams where the numbers, you know, the

We need to go deep in our own sadhana, in our own chanting, in our own reading. And Srila Prabhupada’s complaint still stands, “my complaint is that my disciples don’t read my books.” Prabhupada’s complaint, that’s a big issue and what are we doing about it? Nothing! That’s the issue! So maybe we can take

Srimati Radharani couldn’t tolerate a second, a moment, a fraction of a moment without remembering Krsna. Now that is meditation! Speaking about meditation, it goes a little further than staring in the water, it goes a little deeper than breathing through pranayam – it is a matter of complete absorption! (Kadamba Kanana Swami, South Africa 2009)