When it comes to bhajan or being ourselves alone with Krishna – where we just chant the holy name of Krishna, not to preach but simply to glorify Krishna and to submit ourself before Krishna: purity and all seriousness, that is required. And every once in a while we must take our days to be

(Talk Before Maha Harinama On Queensaday 2005) We are assembling on the eve of the festival of Amsterdam. Amsterdam to start off is a crazy place! If you didn’t know it yet, that’s what it is. This is Amster Mad! or Amster Dump! This is a total mad house! The best thing to do with

Bhajan is needed to support our preaching, that personal bhajan will give us depth and strength but then beyond it we go and somehow or other preach – immediately there is ecstasy. We remember the stories in Lilamrita…the times when the first Christmas marathons were invented accidently….. Rameswara was describing how he was the first

Kadamba Kanana Swami When we begin to share Krishna consciousness with others and we are actually getting into the mood of giving Krishna consciousness then it becomes something really wonderful! I was in South Africa and we were in the big Ratha Yatra last year – there was an incident: Kavicandra Maharaja who is so

Devotee’s Question: In the Nectar of Devotion it says that if one comes before the Deities and claps their hands, then their minds change. So I was wondering, of course spiritual advancement is not so cheap, but I was trying to understand why we still remain so totally conditioned? Kadamba Kanana Swami: There have been