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- Awakening that original hope!
- A week in Leipzig temple
- The Potency of Krsna’s Name
- It’s a BIG thing!
| Posted: 10 Jan 2012 02:57 PM PST (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 30th Dec 2011, Munich, Germany) Lecture: Caitanya-caritāmṛta Adi 9-48
"Well, you cannot always get what you want, and you have to settle for the reality and so on." So we settle for compromise. But this fruit of love of God, or fruit of devotional service awakens that original hope! That actually it may be possible after all to be fully satisfied. It awakens the very natural desire in us!  Rating: 0.0/7 (0 votes cast) |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:43 AM PST
From the ecstatic festival on the Nrsimha farm near Passau, Kadamba Kanana Maharaja joined the Leipzig Sankirtana vans to drive over 400 km up North to the Leipzig temple. There Maharaja stayed for a week to rest, to write and inspire the local devotees through some kirtanas and classes. On Thurdsay night he presented the slideshow of the Bangladesh parikrama depicting the various places and pastimes that we toured. The stay concluded with the Sunday Feast program where Maharaja led an amazing bhajana (which you can download here) followed by a talk about Vrindavana. In that talk he explained, that real meditation is not about emptying out the mind but rather about filling it with remembrance of Krsna, His pastimes and of course the Holy Dhama. Now Maharaja is currently in Berlin, Germany’s capital city. He is giving the morning and evening classes daily here, which you can view on youtube. (Unfortunately the lectures are mostly in German). If you cannot view the slide show, please visit flickr.
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| Posted: 10 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST (Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 29 December 2011, Munich, Germany)
Why is the chanting of Krsna's Name most pleasing to Krsna? Is it that there is a trace of vanity in His character? When everyone says "Oh! Krsna! Krsna!" then Krsna says "Yes, more!" Is that how it is – that Krsna is enjoying the chanting of His Holy Name? No. Krsna relates to the chanting in a much deeper way, because the name of Krsna is non-different from Krsna. Krsna knows very well the potency of His own Name. He knows that whoever hears that name is lifted up from this deep dense dark ignorance of material existence and awakens to the original state of Krsna Consciousness. The original state of Krsna Consciousness is not only that one knows, "Oh yes. Krsna is the Supreme Lord. Yes, I accept that!" That is very rare. That is most exalted, but more exalted still is to become completely attracted to Krsna, and to not only become attracted to Krsna's amazing qualities, but to develop through that attraction, a desire to serve Him. That is the basis of transcendental love – the mood of the residents of the spiritual world and it is Krsna's desire to reclaim all the living beings. Rating: 0.0/7 (0 votes cast) |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2012 09:33 AM PST (Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 29 December 2011, Munich, Germany)
One of Srila Prabhupada’s godbrothers, Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Swami, wrote nice books and I read them sometimes. He is no longer in this world, but he wrote nice things. And he says that when it comes to humility, one has to say goodbye to continents, one has to pass by oceans, one has to just disregard stars in the sky. In other words, he’s making the point that it is a BIG thing! It’s like a big, big thing! Continents, you know, oceans, stars – big things – and one has to just say goodbye with courage. Goodbye!  Rating: 7.0/7 (1 vote cast) |
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