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• Emperor Akbar
• South Africa to Germany
• Looking for recognition

Emperor Akbar Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:01 PM PST (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Mayapur, November 2011) Lecture – Caitanya-caritamrta Part 5 "Hail Thee, O Caitanya – the victor of my heart. Mark the rhythm of this mystic dance, in lofty ecstasy quite alone. Merrily sounds the tabor, and the cymbals’ notes keep time. The joyous band following him sing and dance merrily, merrily. He steps a pace or two onwards, in His dancing gait, and knows no rest. For he is intoxicated with his own over-flowing joy. O my heart’s Lord, how can I express the love I have for thee? Shah Akbar craves a drop from the sea of Thy love and piety.” Sung by emperor Akbar. It's pretty interesting. Akbar is quite a personality. You see that Akbar was young when his father died….he was eleven years old. There was a regent, but when he was seventeen or eighteen years old he took the throne and he conquered, but what the custom was that they would conquer these Hindu kings, and then the kings would be allowed to collect taxes on behalf of the emperor. So they were getting more money than before, because the people were afraid of the emperor, but monetarily they did a lot better. They became generals in Akbar's army and Akbar would marry one princess from the Royal Hindu family. So all these Hindu wives, and clearly he was very devotionally inclined. This was also displayed in the museum in Agra, and I have heard that there is a painting where Akbar is doing the full dandavats to Sanatana Goswami……………………So Akbar is known for being very spiritually inclined. When the Jesuits came, he was giving them so much time that they all thought that he was going to become a Christian! He was always into spiritual discussions, and he even declared himself as the head over all the local mullahs in religious decisions!

South Africa to Germany Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:10 AM PST  After leaving Cape Town, Kadamba Kanana Maharaj flew back to Johannesburg to attend the Sunday feast in Soweto, a nearby African township (25 December). He started-off with a fiery kirtana and then gave a wonderful class on the Bhagavad Gita. The next day, Maharaj headed-off to Sasolburg to a program that was organized by the local devotees, at a nature resort. The program began with sweet bhajanas and thereafter, Maharaj spoke on the mutuality of different religious approaches, especially comparing Krsna consciousness to Christianity. Still going strong, on Tuesday night, he gave a slide-show presentation of the Bangladesh tour at a house-program in Pretoria. The next morning, after giving class at the Pretoria temple, he eventually made his way to the Johannesburg international airport to catch his flight to Europe. Maharaj briefly rested in Munich, Germany. Then he was off to Simhachalam, a Nrsimhadev temple and farm community near Passau, to participate in the yearly Sankirtana festival. If you cannot view the slide show, just visit flickr.

Looking for recognition Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:18 AM PST (Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 29 December 2011, Munich, Germany) As long as one has a desire for recognition that means we want to be glorified and then we cannot glorify Krsna. Then we cannot chant for very long; we chant for a short time and then we are waiting to finish these rounds. But the less we are looking for recognition for ourselves, the more we can chant and the more we can glorify Krsna. That's why in the third verse of the siksastakam, these two points are connected: one must be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree and one must be ready to offer all respects to others. Then one can chant the holy name constantly, kirtaniyah sada harih. So this is a great enemy in spiritual life- recognition. Somehow or other we have to break the false pride in our material attributes.

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