Kadamba Kanana Swami
| Kadamba Kanana Swami started his spiritual life in Vrndavana, the Holy land of Krishna and immediately felt he found his home. He became a disciple of HH Jayadvaita Swami. He joined ISKCON in 1978 shortly after Srila Prabhupada’s departure from this world and served in Vrndavana from ‘78 to ‘84 in various types of management. He liked the pioneering spirit of working in India and above all he liked to stay in the Holy Dhama. Read more… His websiteQuick Media LinksBhajansClassesClasses (foreign)These are classes that are in a foreign language or have a translation. SeminarsYoutube videos |
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Some Can See The Lord - Some Can Not 
Lord Caitanya in Jagganath Puri divided the kirtan and all the devotees into eight different parties and He appointed dancers and different kirtan leaders for each of these parties. But it is said that some could see that Lord Caitanya was Personally dancing in every party and had expanded Himself into 8 forms, but not everyone could see that! Some could see!
So sometimes it appears like that, that not everyone is capable of perceiving the transcendental appearance of the Lord or other mystical feats.
(Kadamba Kanana Swami
Vrndavana 2003)
we must rise early and chant! 
Kadamba Kanana Swami 14/02/2010)
(Maharaja talks about his first trip to Benares)
When I came to Benares I didn’t want to stay in some hotel. Someone invited me to their house and said you can stay at our house no problem. So at night I was sleeping on the roof and everything was fine but at 3am - very loud speakers, at 3am these loud speakers began to play tamboora and mantras. I couldn’t believe it! Coming from the west I was shocked ! 3am in the middle of the night, what is this?!
3 am in the middle of the night -so much noise, the whole town will be awake and everyone was getting up….well no not everyone some were carry on sleeping, I don’t know how slept but they did! Others went to the Ganga. This was my first confrontation with ancient culture of rising early in the morning. the sacred time of bramha muhrta...this is the time when the brahmanans rise. Any ordinary person would think “Oh, three ‘oclock, forget it too early, I’ll sleep three more hours at least, six is also early! Even seven is not bad!”
But no these personalities were performing tapasya. So this is now lost, this is now getting lost very fast. Just somewhere between MTV and Bollywood, this is lost, lost lost lost!
Yes what would we care about such things. Now we are modern..eh..modern, things finish, we don’t care ….Mumbai is now famous, Mumbai is famous for party city! They say world number one party city: Mumbai!
I saw somewhere, some newspaper, international newspaper saying: party city number one, not Riodijenero, not New York, not London, not Paris, not Tokyo, not Amsterdam .....MUMBAI!!! yes yes yes. In Spain they say “night is young” the night is young you know what I mean!
Yes it is one o’clock in the morning , three o’clock in the morning the night is young! The night is young: ‘we carry on!’
‘Who is rising now early in the morning’ yes, anyone who is up at 3am probably stayed up all night! That is the situation in this time and the result is at three o’clock, they are in the mode of ignorance! Tama guna! Completely covered, probably they have taken some substances also that are available in party cities, oh what to do! So then, this is wrong, this is a useless waste of time. 
So these temples they offer us shelter, shelter from these lower modes of material nature, that capture us, bring us in deeper and deeper entanglement until every action leading to a reaction of suffering. That is the result of that way of life.
So we must rise early- no later than four. can we do it? Yes we can if we go to bed no later than ten. Why not …then we can do. Then what will we do so early in the morning. Take bath and put tilak and then we chant and the world is asleep except for the party wallas- And we will chant , we don’t care about them, we will chant peacefully, very peacefully.
Nothing to do. too early to call somebody, too early, the phone - you don’t even need to switch it on, no one will call you either, this time is reserved for a very important meeting. You put a sign: ‘Do not disturb, very important meeting in progress, VERY IMPORTANT!!!’
(Kadamba Kanana Swami 14/02/2010)
Prabhupada Prabhupada Prabhupada !!! 
Srila Prabhupada's love for Krsna was incredible, something that was so visible that even you can see it in the pictures! Just looking at the pictures you can see that extraordinary love emanating. One can get it from the books, one can get it from the videos, one gets it from the Prabhupada memories, one can get it from the Prabhupada nectar, one can get it from anywhere, but one can get it!! Because we should get whatever we can!!
Everything that is available of Srila Prabhupada, you should have it!!!
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Vrndavana 2006)
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Keep those shooters in the holsters! 
(Maharaja talking about disagreements with others)
Sometimes it is a fact that we are too quick on the draw, we are not so deeply rooted in our Vaishnava behaviour.
Modern culture, American culture, Cowboy culture!
Shoot before asking questions! Bang ! Bang !
Guns are still smoking and there’s the corpse!
Then think ' Oh, Why did i do that? Please come back to life!'
It’s then a little difficult!
So keep those slick shooters in the holsters as much as possible
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Melbourne Australia 09/03/2010 )
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