(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2005)

It is said that Srila Rupa Goswami was none other than Rupa-manjari. 'Rupa-manjari….Who is Rupa-manjari?'
Rupa-manjari is the intimate servant of Lalita Devi …'Who is Lalita Devi?' Lalita Devi is the direct associate of Srimati Radharani. So, Rupa-manjari is very close to Srimati Radharani. Therefore, Rupa-manjari is heading up our sampradāya. So Srila Rupa Goswami is the leader of our disciplic succession – coming down from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and therefore we are chanting the verse:

'śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīstam
sthāpitam yena bhū-tale
svayam rūpah kadā mahyam
dadāti sva-padāntikam'

One must take shelter of Srila Rupa Goswami. It is by taking shelter of Srila Rupa Goswami then one can fully….fully realise all the conclusions of devotional service!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban – South Africa, April 2011)

To not be concerned with one's position, to give up all designations, not to consider: 'I am this, I am that!  I have these qualifications.'  To simply free oneself from all these designations and to dedicate oneself fully to serving the senses of Krsna – that is the essence of the residents of Vṛndāvana.

So by hearing about such Vaisnavas, who are just selflessly labouring to serve Krsna and to connect others with Krsna, such Vaisnavas are very inspiring personalities.  And they can strengthen our faith.

In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, which Srila Prabhupada translated as The Nectar of Devotion, there is something called chaya bhava, which is an interesting phenomenon.  It describes that when we are associating with a great devotee, that great devotee has natural deep emotion or attraction to Krsna, and in his association we may also feel a little bit of chaya bhava, which is a shadow reflection of his mood.  So in the presence of the great Vaisnavas we feel uplifted, we feel like dancing, singing… we feel very enlivened in our Krsna Consciousness suddenly.  And then, after some time, when we are no longer in the association, we feel 'out of it'.   But something of that shadow reflection is actually valuable.  Although it was a temporary inspiration, it gives us a taste of where we could be.

From London our trip brought us to Leicester. After the morning program, with Maharaja giving the Srimad Bhagavatam class with the topic: "Vrindavana, a state of conciousness", it was off to Birmingham, where a 24-hour kirtana took place. Guests like Sacinandana Maharaja and Madhava Prabhu made for action in the kirtana and Kadamba Kanana Maharaja once again turned raga into rock and got almost everybody to dance.

The day after the 24-hour kirtana, Maharaja held an initiation ceremony in Leicester. The initiates were Upendra and Aatish, who were given the names Bali Mardana Dasa and Gurudasa Dasa.

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A Vaisnava is always preaching the glories of Krishna and other vaisnava's are always glorifying those vaisnava who preach boldy. I have created this  powerpoint slideshow to show my respects to Kadamba Kanana Swami and his bold preaching all over the world.

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