Diary of a Traveling Sadhaka, Vol. 21, No. 17
(Week 17: April 23–April 29, 2025)
New York City, Oslo, Radhadesh, Liège, Amsterdam, Dinant, Paris
(Sent from Ghent, Belgium, on May 3, 2025)
Where I Went and What I Did
During the seventeenth week of 2025, I chanted in five countries, the United States, Norway, Belgium, The Netherlands, and France, doing two days each in Belgium and France, and only chanting alone one day.
The reason for my European trip was to fulfill my promise to Kadamba Kanana Swami back in 2008, to attend his King’s Day maha-harinama in Amsterdam every year. This is usually on April 27, although this year it was celebrated on April 26 because April 27 was Sunday. His disciples celebrate his Vyasa-puja at Radhadesh the day before and then go to Amsterdam for King’s Day. Mahavishnu Swami and Harinama Ruci came for the King’s Day harinama, and they did harinamas in Belgium before and after, which I was happy to join.
I share quotes from Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Caitanya-caritamrita and The Nectar of Devotion as well as a few quotes from a Bhagavad-gita lecture in New York City in 1966. I share notes on classes by Jayadvaita Swami, Mahavishnu Swami, and Gopinatha Acarya Prabhu. At the end of the insights section, I share notes on offerings from the Kadamba Kanana Swami Vyasa-puja in Radhadesh on April 25, 2025.
Thanks to Krishna Dasa Prabhu of Antwerp for his kind donation at King’s Day. Thanks to Amoghadrik Krishna Prabhu of Oslo for arranging for me to take a nap, take prasadam, and go on harinama during my seven-hour layover there. Many, many thanks to Caitanya Candrodaya Prabhu, who had to stay up till midnight, getting me at the train station in Liège at nearly 11:00 p.m. and driving me to Radhadesh. Thanks to Gopinath Prabhu of Radhadesh for assisting me in my visit there. Thanks to Revatinandana Prabhu for his ride from Radhadesh to ISKCON Paris.
Itinerary
May 3: Ghent harinama
May 3–4: Amsterdam Kirtan Mela and Sacinandana Swami seminar
May 5: harinama in Amsterdam
May 6: harinama in Rotterdam
May 7: Flight from Amsterdam to New York City
May 8–June 15: NYC Harinam
mid June–mid August: Paris?
– June 22: Paris Ratha-yatra?
– July 11: Amsterdam harinama?
– July 12: Amsterdam Ratha-yatra?
– July 13: Netherlands harinama?
Chanting Hare Krishna in New York City
Because I had to leave before the NYC Harinam in the afternoon, I attempted to arrange a walking harinama in Downtown Brooklyn during lunch time. Nimai Prabhu of Delaware, who was visiting, and Karenna, who lives just a ten-minute walk from the Brooklyn temple, kindly joined me. Here Karenna leads the Hare Krishna chant in Downtown Brooklyn (https://youtu.be/7lHr6ahHBe0):
Chanting Hare Krishna in Oslo
I was happy to find Oslo is a very efficient place. There were ten customs agents, so we only had to wait in the queue for five minutes instead of almost an hour like at some other places.
Leaving the security area of the Oslo airport to take the train to the city, I was struck by the intensity of the words chosen to communicate that idea – “Point of no return”.
Sanatani Devi Dasi, who I remember as being from Oslo, kindly connected me with Amoghadrik Krishna Prabhu, who arranged for my nap, prasadam, and harinama during my seven-hour layover in that city. Amoghadrik at one point in his life used to maintain a daily harinama there, and so he was enthusiastic to assist me. He was able to convince one friend named Kristofer to come.
Here Kristofer chants Hare Krishna at Oslo Central Station (https://youtu.be/6vipkpLjZek):
Amoghadrik Krishna Prabhu chants Hare Krishna at Oslo Central Station, and a guy dances (https://youtu.be/ksVDTujNwoc):
I chanted Hare Krishna from our ISKCON through the streets to Oslo Central Station, and then again at the station, just before boarding my train back to the airport (https://youtu.be/a3xQq7KdQLw):
Chanting Hare Krishna in Belgium
After a long day of travel and just missing one train to find the next one canceled, I was happy I stumbled into the quiet coach on this Belgium train so I could try to finish my Ekadasi japa on my way to Radhadesh. The signs in French and Dutch make it clear that the car must be silent, and thankfully it was.
Here devotees chant Hare Krishna after Guru Puja in Radhadesh (https://youtu.be/xrMywl1AwFc):
On Friday after the midday feast for the Kadamba Kanana Swami Vyasa-puja, Mahavishnu Swami and Harinama Ruci, along with some attendees at the festival did harinama in Liège. Many people were happy to chant the mantra when encouraged by Mahavishnu Swami (https://youtu.be/5RhtSr0sVN4):
Mahavishnu Swami chants Hare Krishna after Guru Puja in Radhadesh on Sunday morning (https://youtu.be/zDjB-6FAOn8):
On Sunday after breakfast, Mahavishnu Swami and Harinama Ruci and some devotees chanted in Dinant, a small city beautifully situated along the Meuse River.
There is a castle on the hill overlooking the city and a large cathedral.
Dinant is famous as the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. Consequently you see saxophones all over the city.
For the occasion, Mahavishnu Swami changed the settings on his mini-synthesizer to make it sound like a saxophone instead of a harmonium.
Mahavishnu Swami invited many people at outside cafes to chant the mantra, but the people were much more reluctant than in Liège. Still a few people were very happy to meet the devotees and chant Hare Krishna and dance (https://youtu.be/oZPDTLR2SX4):
Here Mahavishnu Swami chants Hare Krishna in Dinant, and a Portuguese couple chants and dances (https://youtu.be/-BV6ohawgmQ):
Once when Harinamananda Prabhu was chanting Hare Krishna in Dinant, four people at a table in an outside cafe chanted the response, and then Vishnujana Prabhu went for a short ride on motorcycle as the kirtan continued (https://youtu.be/RrTVguQxPEg):
Harinamananda Prabhu chants Hare Krishna in Dinant, and devotees dance in a circle (https://youtu.be/68Al_uDMgK8):
Harinamananda Prabhu chants Hare Krishna in Dinant, and a bride and her bridesmaids dance (https://youtu.be/UoDMAoA8CsM):
Harinamananda Prabhu chants Hare Krishna in Dinant, and a mother chants the mantra (https://youtu.be/2QKPeBD0iS8):
Harinamananda Prabhu chants Hare Krishna in Dinant, and a woman at an information booth chants the mantra (https://youtu.be/wjDr2NV7idY):
Harinamananda Prabhu chants Hare Krishna in Dinant, and two guys chant the mantra (https://youtu.be/tLUlW_rB3tk):
For about two decades, two hundred friends and followers of Kadamba Kanana Swami have chanted for six-hours or so in the crowded Amsterdam streets on King’s Day, the anniversary of the birth of the King of the Netherlands, April 27. Previously it was called Queen’s Day and was April 30.
Here Keshava Swami chants Hare Krishna in Amsterdam at the beginning of the King’s Day harinama (https://youtu.be/7CqdYickY00):
Many people greeted us with smiles and accepted literature, prasadam, invitations to the temple and the upcoming kirtan mela, Jagannatha stickers, and flags with Hare Krishna written on them.
Gour Mohan Prabhu chants Hare Krishna in Amsterdam on King’s Day (https://youtu.be/RmSAXxAW0TA):
Onlookers enjoy dancing with devotees at Museumplein in Amsterdam on King’s Day (https://youtu.be/ZoKwcpprGt4):
Harinama Devi Dasi chants Hare Krishna in Amsterdam on King’s Day (https://youtu.be/d0ZbLBHP1nE):
Parividha Prabhu, Prabhupada disciple, performer, and resident of Amsterdam, chants Hare Krishna in Amsterdam on King’s Day, and many dance (https://youtu.be/xGVsmQZev7U):
Rati Manjari Devi Dasi chants Hare Krishna in Amsterdam on King’s Day, and many dance (https://youtu.be/li-JVrOC9w4):
Mahavishnu Swami chants Hare Krishna in Amsterdam on King’s Day (https://youtu.be/j_lGv8O3ZHk):
Dayal Mora Prabhu of London chants Hare Krishna on King’s Day in Amsterdam, and several young people chant and dance (https://youtu.be/LqLBZsNKODo):
While Vraja Krishna Prabhu was chanting Hare Krishna, we came upon some drummers who were happy to jam with us (https://youtu.be/Yc5tmb74BWc):
Vraja Krishna Prabhu chants Hare Krishna as we enter Vondelpark, a place that Srila Prabhupada personally visited, and many dance (https://youtu.be/j-Qmu6re_Io):
After lunch at Radhadesh on Sunday, I traveled with Paris devotees to our temple there. Monday and Tuesday I did harinama in Paris. Unfortunately no one joined me on Monday, but we had a party of four brahmacaris on Tuesday. At least six passersby were happy to play the shakers which I invited them to play, and I passed out several copies of the French edition of “On Chanting Hare Krishna,” which I had obtained from Montreal devotees. The book distributors did as well as usual that day. Because I dropped my phone while boarding the bus on Monday, I was unable to take videos of our Tuesday harinama.
Insights
Srila Prabhupada:
From Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi 3.52, purport:
“Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He always engages in describing Krishna and thus enjoys transcendental bliss by chanting and remembering His name and form.”
“Lord Caitanya taught Krishna consciousness and chanted the name of Krishna. Therefore, to worship Lord Caitanya, everyone should together chant the maha-mantra—Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.”
From Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi 3.60:
“The sinful life of the living beings results from ignorance. To destroy that ignorance, He [Lord Caitanya] has brought various weapons, such as His plenary associates, His devotees and the holy name.”
From Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi 3.62:
“Raising His arms, chanting the holy name and looking upon all with deep love, He [Lord Caitanya] drives away all sins and floods everyone with love of Godhead.”
From Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi 3.63:
“May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of Lord Sri Caitanya bestow His causeless mercy upon us. His smiling glance at once drives away all the bereavements of the world, and His very words enliven the auspicious creepers of devotion by expanding their leaves. Taking shelter of His lotus feet invokes transcendental love of God at once.”
From The Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 22 (64. Krishna’s Exquisite Beauty):
“In Rupa Gosvami’s Lalita-madhava, it is said, ‘One day Krishna happened to see the shadow of His beautiful form reflected on the jeweled foreground. Upon seeing this bodily reflection, He expressed His feelings: “How wonderful it is that I have never seen such a beautiful form! Although it is My own form, still, like Radharani, I am trying to embrace this form and enjoy celestial bliss.”’ This statement shows how Krishna and His shadow reflection are one and the same. There is no difference between Krishna and His shadow reflection, nor between Krishna and His picture. That is the transcendental position of Krishna.”
From a class on Bhagavad-gita 4.19–22 in New York on August 5, 1966:
“We may begin any gorgeous task—it doesn’t matter—but we have to work in Krishna consciousness, not for sense gratification. That will make us free from the interaction of the activities. So long we are attached to work for sense gratification, so long we shall be under the obligation of reaction.”
“A person in Krishna consciousness should not be attached either to the good result or bad result, because even if I want good result, that is my attachment. And of course, if there is bad result, we haven’t got any attachment, but sometimes we lament. That is our attachment. That is our attachment. So one has to transcend both from the good result and the bad result.”
“How it can be done? It can be done. Just like if you are working on account of some big firm. Suppose you are a salesman. You are working on behalf of that big firm. Now, suppose if you make one million dollars’ profit, you have no attachment for that, because you know that ‘This profit goes to the proprietor.’ You have no attachment. Similarly, if there is some loss, you also know that ‘I have nothing to do with the loss. It goes to the proprietor.’”
“Everything has been very nicely discussed in Vedic literature.”
“Suppose if you want to take things which has been eaten by Krishna, then you have to ask Krishna, ‘What do You desire to eat, Sir?’ Suppose if you want me to feed, give me some foodstuff, naturally you ask me, ‘Swamiji, what sort of foodstuff you’ll like?’ I have got experience here in your country. I was invited in Butler, here also, by some churches, and they wanted to give me some food. So they asked me, ‘Swamiji, what do you desire to eat?’ So I told them, ‘. . . I am strictly vegetarian. I shall accept . . . fruits and milk. That's all.’ Similarly, if anyone invites somebody, it is natural that the guest is asked what sort of foodstuff he would like.
“Similarly, Krishna, if you want to offer something Krishna, you must know what sort of foodstuff He wants. . . . How you will know that Krishna wants this foodstuff? Oh, that is stated in the Bhagavad-gita.”
“Just like you can understand what government expects from me, you can know from the law books, from the civil court, similarly, what Krishna wants, it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita.”
“It doesn’t matter that because Krishna was, I mean to say, Krishna appeared in India, therefore He wanted Indian food. No.”
“If you simply don't try to increase your artificial demands for maintaining this body... You have every right to live, and everyone has got right to live, not only myself. Even the ant has got the right to live. But in human society, by our so-called civilization, we give all protection to the human society but we don't give any protection to the animal society. Because it is due to want of Krishna consciousness.”
“Prajalpa means for nothing talking nonsense. People are accustomed to talk so many things unnecessarily just in clubs, amongst friends’ circle, which has no benefit either spiritually or materially. So that sort of talking should be avoided.”
“There are many rules and regulation in India which is different from your rules and regulation. But if I follow, if I stick to rules and regulation of Indian conception, then it is impossible to remain here. So I have to propagate this mission, Krishna consciousness, so I am not so much attached to the rules and regulation, but I am attached to the preaching work.”
“Prasidhyati means it flourishes; the cause is advanced.” [While describing the six items which promote Krishna consciousness in The Nectar of Instruction, verse 3.]
“So sadhu-saṅga, we have to make association with persons who are spiritually interested and who are trying to culture Krishna consciousness. That association.”
“Sometimes we are faced with persons who are envious to us, but we should not be envious. Just like the best example is Lord Jesus Christ. His enemies who crucified him, they are envious of Jesus Christ. But Lord Jesus Christ, he was not envious to them. When he was being crucified, he prayed God, ‘O Lord, they do not know what they are doing. Please excuse them.’ Just see how much, I mean to say, noble he was. Vimatsarah. He was not envious to anyone, even to his enemy. So Krishna consciousness teaches us that they are not envious even to the enemies.”
Jayadvaita Swami:
From a online address for the Kadamba Kanana Swami Vyasa-puja:
Kadamba Kanana Swami was always daring and active, as Srila Prabhupada described.
We should meditate on the spiritual master at least three times a day, and become inspired.
We should not expect an instant payback from our enthusiasm. Patience is required. We cannot demand from Krishna.
Mahavishnu Swami:
There was a folk singer in the sixties who was a mouthpiece of the hippies who made people feel better.
There was a movie on my flight from Dubai to Brussels about Bob Dylan. I never watched movies, but I thought I would take a risk. As I saw the film I noticed Bob Dylan never smiled. He was not a happy man. I was glad I met Srila Prabhupada and his devotees.
The same magic that was there in Tompkins Square Park we saw at Vondelpark in Amsterdam yesterday, all the young people dancing to the Hare Krishna chant.
Animals do not know they are suffering in the cycle of birth and death.
The leaders do not know the goal of life. People are frustrated because they do not know the goal of life.
In Liège, in two hours we distributed 50 books, because of the power of the holy name.
I asked Navina Nirada Prabhu the difference between distributing books alone and distributing books with a harinama. Distributing books alone is like a man with a fishing rod fishing, and distributing books with a harinama is like you throw a stick of dynamite in the pond and the fish float to the surface.
Book distribution during harinama is like sense gratification because it is so easy.
My parents did not tell me, the school did not tell me, even the Bible, although I appreciated Jesus, did not tell me that I am not a body but a spiritual soul.
The holy names cleanse our hearts, ceto darpana, and awaken our knowledge that it is true that we are not our bodies.
Q: Enthusiasm is contagious, but sometimes it is difficult. You have enthusiasm. Tell us.
A: ISKCON is a hospital for conditioned souls with the disease that they do not believe Krishna is the Personality of Godhead. The more we believe that Krishna is the Personality of Godhead, the more we will be enthusiastic.
During the hippie times, because of George Harrison and Beatles and the Hare Krishna mantra people were attracted.
We have to give our association to the people.
This was the best King’s Day parade. Wonderful weather, kirtan, and prasadam.
Gopinatha Acarya Prabhu:
From a class on Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.3.21 in Radhadesh on April 25, 2025:
Our idea is to preserve knowledge you should write it down, but the Vedic idea is that paper breaks down very easily, especially in the Indian climate, so it is better to memorize, and learn from someone who has memorized it.
The spiritual master, because he is constantly reciting the Vedic knowledge, is very much the representative of Vyasadeva.
Because the knowledge was not written down, the guru was the only way to access the knowledge.
The guru is fixed in the knowledge of Brahman in the form of the Vedas and in the form of the Supreme Brahman.
It is said only Brahma knows the Vedas because he was personally enlightened by the Lord.
The followers of Brahma would interpret the knowledge in terms of their own experience and thus many schools emerged.
When we hear from the guru, we hear through the mature realization of our guru, so we can come to a higher level.
Printing really took off after the 19th century, especially the latter half of that century.
In 1872, only 3% of people could read or write. Seventy years later it was 70%.
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura emphasizes the mass distribution of literature.
With many books in print, the guru seems to be less essential. But when we read the books ourselves, we interpret them through our own limited experience, instead through the mature realization of a bona fide guru.
Srila Prabhupada says that Sukadeva describes the universe which is very big, to glorify Krishna, who is even bigger.
Jiva Goswami explains that the Bhagavatam is all about Krishna. Then he explains that the Bhagavatam is all about bhakti.
Kadamba Kanana Swami stresses that we do not surrender to the guru at the beginning of our spiritual life but at the beginning of everything we do.
At the end of the Svetasvatara Upanisad appears that verse that states how it can be realized: by faith in both the guru and Krishna. Tatha deve tatha guru.
In a talk in 1969 in Hamburg Srila Prabhupada stresses the guru is not a particular man but a truth and what is that truth: samsara davanala lidha loka – the truth that liberates you from samsara.
We go to the guru when we do not know, not to get confirmation of what we think we already know.
We have doubts about how one can attain perfection, and then we have the doubt if we can attain perfection. That doubt if we can attain perfection will be there until we actually do attain perfection.
It took a while before Arjuna understood what Krishna was saying.
Kadamba Kanana Swami stressed that the disciple has to interact with the guru so his doubts are eliminated.
When the spiritual master is no longer present, to go to him, we have to come up to his level of sadbe pare ca nisnatam, being fixed in Brahman.
Comment by Mahavishnu Swami: Sri Caitanya-caritamrita says that siksa- and diksa-gurus are both equal. Srila Prabhupada was my guru, but I had so many gurus who taught me how to distribute books, how to cook, etc.
In the beginning we may have a very fanatical understanding of our guru. Later we realize there are many people who teach us the same teachings that our guru does.
One devotee says that Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that a neophyte devotee cannot see the same teachings as his guru when they are expressed in different words.
Yadunandana Goswami was the diksa-guru of Raghunatha dasa Goswami, and Raghunatha dasa Goswami always offered respect to him and considered that his association with Lord Caitanya and Svarupa Damodara Goswami were accomplished by his guru’s mercy.
Comment by Parananda Prabhu: I was driving Kadamba Kanana Swami around Bratislava and he looked out the window and said with disdain, “Bratislava – a typically Kali-yuga city.” I could see he had no interest in this material world.
Notes on the Vyasa-puja of Kadamba Kanana Swami in Radhadesh
These notes are just a few of many wonderful appreciations of Kadamba Kanana Swami. They do not summarize the offerings or list the most important points. They are just a few things that grabbed my mind.
Rupa Sanatana Prabhu:
A very poetic offering . . . One line that struck me was:
“Souls cling together to be shattered at another death.”
Svayam Bhagavan Keshava Swami:
I recall my final meeting with Kadamba Kanana Swami. One day I sang a tune that he had told me he liked. A few days later, I had my last meeting with him, but I did not know it was my last meeting. He said, “Nice tune. But you killed it. The first part was fine, but then you went up instead of going low.”
I replied, “I don’t know the low part.”
Then he sang the low part until he did not have enough breath to continue.
Srila Prabhupada taught how to be a spiritual being and also how to navigate the material world. You, Kadamba Kanana Swami, taught the same. You were my teacher in the practicalities of life, not just the spiritual.
Thank you for recruiting me into the greatest movement on earth.
Bhagavati Devi Dasi:
Our relationship has always been beyond material boundaries. Now it is even more so.
When I finally became free from my entangling family life, then I spent years struggling with my rascal mind.
You said the goal of our relationship was to go back to Godhead, but later you said you wanted to come back and serve Srila Prabhupada.
Subhadra Prabhu:
We were moved by Kadamba Kanana Swami’s classes at the end of his life. We sold our restaurant, we went to holy dhama, and we prayed for inspiration, and the rest is history. [Now he and his wife will cook for the new Kadamba Cafe, to open on April 30 in the Brooklyn temple.]
Krishna Kirtana Prabhu:
Kadamba Kanana Swami would stay up till 1:30 a.m. watching the proceedings of the ISKCON NYC court case, he was so concerned about the development of NYC.
Uddhava Prabhu:
Many people do not know that to save the New Vraja Mandala farm project, he learned Spanish.
Gopali Devi Dasi:
I feel you are constantly present in my life. Perhaps that’s from my being part of the Kadamba Foundation service you gave me.
Thank you for the association of our god family.
He said after he told us he got cancer again, “Who will you accept as guru now?” I said there is no one but you. He listed some names. I said I know them, but I do not have a relationship with them. There is someone you have on your altar, Jayadvaita Swami. I said, “I am afraid of him.” I had not met him at that point.
Kadamba Kanana Swami replied, “No, he is very sweet.”
Partha-sarathi Prabhu:
I came to tell the younger disciples: All it takes is to hang on to one moment, one kirtan, one look, etc., to maintain and develop the relationship with guru.
There used to be a disk with just ten offerings on it for Vyasa-puja.
I encourage those who are senior to mentor and encourage the newer ones. He wanted his disciples to have deep loving friendships, where we would do everything for each other as he would do everything for us.
One devotee wanted to have a fight with me. I told Kadamba Kanana Swami about that. He said I will meet him at the airport, and I will fight him myself. I said you don’t have to do that, I can take care of him myself. But that was his attitude of doing anything for us.
Kadamba Kanana Swami said, “Your service is to be normal and to be my friend.”
Harinamananda Prabhu:
You gave a life of service that will bring us to a life of eternal bliss and knowledge.
You accept everyone as they are, loving servants of Krishna.
By conquering our hearts you opened the doors to the spiritual world.
Vamsi Vadana Prabhu:
Thank you for giving me the faith that connects us.
You have confidence in the process of bhakti.
I have faith because you practice what you preach.
We got the mercy from you. Now we must share this with others.
I hope the mercy from you will be properly used by me.
The connection between you and Jayadvaita Swami is so inspiring for me.
Nitai Gaura Prabhu:
I am a younger disciple, but I got a lot of condensed mercy.
Kadamba Kanana Swami once said to me, “All you devotee kids think you are so special, you were demigods in your previous life, but actually you blew it, you didn’t make it back to Godhead. You came back.”
I said, “But you said you were a sannyasi on a higher planet in a previous life, why did you come back?”
He replied, “It is my causeless mercy.”
Just after Kadamba Kanana Swami recovered from cancer the first time, when Jayadaita Swami engaged him in assisting in New York City, he said, “If Jesus can do 40 days in the desert, I can do 50 days in the Brooklyn temple.”
He would say I am approaching 69, the age Srila Prabhupada started in America, I have to do so much more.
Gour Mohan Prabhu:
He made us all grow.
He invested in a lot of projects:
to the blacks in South Africa, he gave 1 million rand for this work
feeding 250 to 350 people on Wednesday and teaching them to chant Hare Krishna
Woosa House campus programs, picnic, philosophical discussions, kirtanas.
Soweto Ratha-yatra, started in 2007, has grown very big.
Bhakti Yoga Society, student outreach wing of ISKCON South Africa. We have clubs on many campuses. We need to reach out to students.
Keshava Swami: I have done college preaching in different parts of the world, but in Johannesburg, South Africa, I saw 400 very intelligent and enthusiastic college students interested in Krishna consciousness.
There is a Kadamba Kanana Swami app with playlists of lectures and kirtanas and more. You can download material and listen to it when you are offline.
Disciples of Bhakti Vikasa Swami who made his app were inspired to help out.
Kadamba Kanana Swami lecture excerpts:
There are several who are not my disciples who have been around for a while. Keep them as part of my family.
ISKCON is also a branch of the Caitanya tree.
The parampara makes the fruit of transcendental knowledge sweet as it is passed down.
In life sometimes you are on top of the elephant and sometimes the elephant is on top of you.
I think this festival is good as it makes the bond stronger between me and you, and the bond between youselves stronger as well.
I thank you for your enthusiasm, service, and talents.
I dream of doing a Govardhan puja with a huge sila.
When we leave, we are left with our own vision, that we got here.
The son of Bali Mardan Prabhu of Leicester chanted Hare Krishna at the end of the Kadamba Kanana Swami Vyasa-puja in Radhadesh, and devotees danced (https://youtube.com/shorts/iAC1F5SNPOg):
This important verse, which Srila Prabhupada quoted 168 times according to the 2019 Vedabase, informs us that love of Krishna is eternally established in the heart. When our hearts are purified by devotional service beginning with hearing about Krishna, our love of Krishna becomes manifest. Srila Prabhupada would say that the fact that Westerners who had never heard of Krishna were soon willing to dedicate their lives to Him after chanting Hare Krishna and hearing Bhagavad-gita is evidence that love of Krishna is already there.
nitya-siddha krishna-prema ’sadhya’ kabhu naya
“Pure love for Krishna is eternally established in the hearts of the living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, this love naturally awakens.” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya 22.107)
